1. Methods have been described for the preparation and sterilization of a synthetic nutrient medium which supports normal growth during one 24 hour asexual cycle of the erythrocytic form of P. knowlesi. 2. Successive subcultures with good multiplication can be carried out when whole blood or plasma is added to the medium. Data are presented from two such experiments where the sixth and seventh ...

was but a manifestation of the same protean affection. The Malarial Commission of the Royal Society first threw doubt on this simple view by showing that malarial parasites were nearly always absent from cases of chronic fever with very large spleens in Calcutta, and that tiie " endemic index of malaria," or the percenlage of healthy children showing malarial parasites in their blood, was nil i...

Malaria has been in existence since ancient times and for millennia thought to be carried by vapors. Alphonse Laveran made the discovery of the malarial parasite in 1880. The next most important milestone in the history of malaria was the unraveling of the mystery of malaria transmission. Ronald Ross, born in British India and educated as a doctor in England, was working in the Indian Medical S...

Note -?Total blood films examined over the period was 257. Of these 160 were found with malarial parasites giving a 62.5 per cent, positive result. The routine followed is, that all cases reporting with fever have a blood film taken. Those showing parasites are at once put on quinine or plasmoquine with quinine, and those negative to malarial parasites on an alkaline or diaphoretic mixture unti...

We tested the hypothesis that malarial parasites (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus) of black-throated blue warblers (Dendroica caerulescens) provide sufficient geographical signal to track population movements between the warbler's breeding and wintering habitats in North America. Our results from 1083 warblers sampled across the species' breeding range indicate that parasite lineages are geographic...

OBJECTIVES Malaria has been a major global health problem in recent times with increasing mortality. Current treatment methods include parasiticidal drugs and vaccinations. However, resistance among malarial parasites to the existing drugs has emerged as a significant area of concern in anti-malarial drug design. Researchers are now desperately looking for new targets to develop anti-malarials ...

Febrile children of both sexes, aged between 0-15 years coming to the Civil Hospital over the last 12 years had their blood tested for malarial parasite. Five hundred and twenty-six slides positive for Plasmodium were analysed for species and stage identification. Of the total 59.3% children with malaria were between 5-15 years of age. Applying the test of proportion, Plasmodium vivax was the p...