According to a new study, current methods can greatly overestimate the rates at which malaria parasites multiply in an infected person's blood, which has important implications for determining how harmful they are to a host.
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"We don't yet have a good handle on the symptoms and mortality risk," said Emily Wroblewski, an assistant professor of biological anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): A new study connects an amphibian extinction in Costa Rica and Panama to an increase in malaria infections. The study emphasises the significance of biodiversity to human health.
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have detected antibodies primarily made in response to infections in the mucous membranes -- in such areas as the lungs, intestines, or vagina -- in study participants with malaria.
California [US], October 28 (ANI): A recent study revealed that females are able to clear asymptomatic malaria infections at a faster rate than their male counterparts.
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): The origin of Malaria infection has finally been revealed. A new study has come up with the data that can aggravate the treatment of the complex infection.