Further characterization of these genes and their encoded enzyme activities has the potential for permitting novel strategies in combating the malaria parasite.
The reason is that as with sickle-cell anaemia the condition confers some resistance to malaria.
The residues conserved within these domains can be useful in identifying crucial determinants for cell-cell interaction during malaria.
Remote sensing as a landscape epidemiologic tool to identify villages at risk for malaria transmission.
According to the principles of the campaign, blood samples had to be obtained to confirm the presence of the malaria parasite.
Three different var gene switching mechanisms are investigated and are based on experimental observations of clonal antigenic variation in malaria parasites.
The diagnosis of malaria was based on the presence of fever, and the detection of parasites in the maternal blood.
This list includes one parasite vaccine, against malaria, and serves as a reminder that there are many competing priorities for public health programmes.
