The genome sequences of ape parasites related to Plasmodium vivax, the main source of mosquito-borne malaria outside Africa, provide insights on the origin and early evolution […]
An evolutionary biologists have discovered a new trophic interaction — the first example of a parasitic plant attacking a parasitic insect on a shared host plant. […]
Chagas disease is caused by a parasite, transmitted by a blood-sucking insect — Trypanosoma cruzi — and less frequently, from mother to fetus or by contaminated […]
Nearly 700 million people suffer from mosquito-borne diseases — such as malaria, West Nile, Zika and dengue fever — each year, resulting in more than 1 […]
