A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the ...

Malaysia has eliminated ‘normal’ malaria but, since 2011, more than 25,000 people in the region have contracted the simian parasite ... to eliminate human blood species.

Initially, the parasites invade the liver, where they multiply 10,000-fold. They’re safely hidden until they burst out and infect red blood cells. At this point they’re vulnerable because ...

Now, in a study published Friday (July 15) in Cell Metabolism, researchers describe the complicated tug-of-war between host and parasite that appears to explain malaria-associated hypoglycemia.