The malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, however, is an entirely more challenging pathogen because it is such a large and complex organism compared to a virus. At the Proteo-Science Center at ...

Is a new virus causing a disease outbreak and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or is it already known to science?

Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite, transmitted when the infected Anopheles mosquitoes bite people. Dengue is caused by the dengue virus, transmitted through the bite of infected Aedes ...

However, Plasmodium vivax is another important parasite ... The same is true for other vector-borne diseases, such as dengue or Zika virus, added Suh. "We need more work of the type we present ...