Diagnosis: A doctor can suspect malaria based on your travel history, symptoms, and physical exam. To confirm, they may order laboratory tests to see if the parasite is in your blood. Treatment ...
The concept of 'standby emergency treatment' (SBET) describes the strategy where travelers carry an emergency malaria treatment for self-administration when no medical attention is available or ...
The task that faced the cinchona tree hunters was a formidable one. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was known that cinchona trees could be found, in relatively small numbers, over a ...
Scientists have discovered a new type of anti-malarial antibody that doesn't interfere with current vaccines, at least in mouse models. Could they help eliminate malaria in the future?
A New Era in Malaria Treatment Traditional antimalarial treatments have primarily ignored the apicoplast, an organelle crucial for the parasite's survival. Trapicolast introduces a novel strategy ...
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