With victims numbering in the millions, malaria is an infectious disease caused by the bite of a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite. After penetrating the skin, the pathogen moves with helical ...

The illustration shows that, in its early stages, the unicellular malaria pathogen Plasmodium has a slender and curved shape, which is responsible for its characteristic helical movements. With ...

Researchers from The University of Osaka have shown that the MIC11 gene of Toxoplasma gondii is essential for the parasite to ...