Ixodid tick species and two tick-borne pathogens in three areas in the Sudan (Publications)
Ticks are important parasites from economic and public health points of view because of their ability to reduce farm animals' productivity and transmit zoonotic diseases. We conducted this cross-secti
Ensuring transmission through dynamic host environments: host-pathogen interactions in <em>Plasmodium </em>sexual development (Publications)
A renewed global commitment to malaria elimination lends urgency to understanding the biology of Plasmodium transmission stages. Recent progress toward uncovering the mechanisms underlying Plasmodium
Sex: how malaria parasites get turned on (Publications)
The mechanisms underlying sexual stage switching in Plasmodium spp. have hitherto remained a mystery. However, two recent studies have revealed that an apicomplexan-specific DNA-binding protein is ess
An assay to probe <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> growth, transmission stage formation and early gametocyte development (Publications)
Conversion from asexual proliferation to sexual differentiation initiates the production of the gametocyte, which is the malaria parasite stage required for human-to-mosquito transmission. This protoc
Infected erythrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles alter vascular function via regulatory Ago2-miRNA complexes in malaria (Publications)
Malaria remains one of the greatest public health challenges worldwide, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The clinical outcome of individuals infected with Plasmodium falciparum parasites depends on
Diversity-oriented synthesis yields novel multistage antimalarial inhibitors (Publications)
Antimalarial drugs have thus far been chiefly derived from two sources-natural products and synthetic drug-like compounds. Here we investigate whether antimalarial agents with novel mechanisms of acti
<em>Plasmodium</em> gametocytes display homing and vascular transmigration in the host bone marrow (Publications)
Transmission of Plasmodium parasites to the mosquito requires the formation and development of gametocytes. Studies in infected humans have shown that only the most mature forms of Plasmodium falcipar
Morbidity associated with <em>Schistosoma mekongi </em>and concurrent helminth infection in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
In 2006, some 7 years after the halt of a multi-year schistosomiasis control programme, a study was conducted in the southern part of Lao People's Democratic Republic to determine the morbidity associ
Antimalarial <em>N</em>1,<em>N</em>3-dialkyldioxonaphthoimidazoliums: synthesis, biological activity, and structure-activity relationships (Publications)
Here we report the nanomolar potencies of N (1),N (3)-dialkyldioxonaphthoimidazoliums against asexual forms of sensitive and resistant Plasmodium falciparum. Activity was dependent on the presence of