However, one of every 15 children infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites in the DRC is infected by a pfhrp2 - deleted mutant, producing a false - negative result when an RDT is used, investigators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found. (sciencedaily.com)
The Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology (LMIV), U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has established a nonhuman primate model of placental malaria that for the first time reproduces all the features of P. falciparum malaria in pregnant women. (euvaccine.eu)
Scientists have developed a laboratory blood test which will detect whether Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites in a given patient will be resistant or susceptible to artemisinin, the key drug used to treat malaria. (cggh.org)