The months of September to May are an unfortunate season in South Africa: malaria season. The mosquito-borne disease is found in the north-eastern districts of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo ...

Healthy infant gut bacteria may help reduce malaria risk by supporting immune health during the first year of life, according ...

Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have uncovered new evidence that changes in the gut bacteria of African children with severe malaria are linked to life-threatening complications. The ...

Scientists have identified targets on the malaria-causing parasite that could be key to developing a universal vaccine ...

In a small study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 6-week-old infants with healthy gut microbiomes were less likely to contract malaria in their first year of life. While the study is preliminary, ...

An experimental bacteria-derived biopesticide is highly effective in killing malaria-carrying mosquitoes, including those that have developed resistance to chemical pesticides, according to initial ...

Researchers have found that vulnerable people could be immunised against malaria. Alternatively, the disease-causing parasite in a mosquito could be genetically modified. It is believed that the two ...

Malaria infection induces profound alterations in host immunity, metabolic homeostasis and mucosal integrity that together predispose to opportunistic bacterial infections. Haemolysis and ...

Anopheles gambiae complex mosquito species can transmit malaria. CDC/James Gathany via Wikimedia Commons The months of September to May are an unfortunate season in South Africa: malaria season. The ...