Plasmodium

The balance between pro-inflammatory and regulatory immune responses in determining optimal T cell activation is vital for the successful resolution of microbial infections.

The EM analysis shown here reveals a random association pattern of up to 12 Pdx2 glutaminase subunits to the dodecameric Pdx1 core complex.

Molecular investigations performed following the emergence of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance in Plasmodium falciparum have allowed the identification of the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) enzyme as the target of pyrimethamine.

Hundreds of effector proteins of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum constitute a “secretome” carrying a host-targeting (HT) signal, which predicts their export from the intracellular pathogen into the surrounding erythrocyte.

Infection with the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, is characterized by excessive inflammation.

Plasmodium sporozoites are transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes and infect hepatocytes, where a single sporozoite replicates into thousands of merozoites inside a parasitophorous vacuole.

Most existing and investigational drugs for malaria are targeted at the stages of the Plasmodium spp. parasite life cycle in red blood cells, which underlie the disease manifestations.

A causative agent of human malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes.

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of malaria among women giving birth in Bangui.