Functional characterization of PfFBXO1, utilizing cell biology, genetics, and biochemistry, demonstrates essential roles for this protein in formation of the inner membrane complex in asexual ...

Niger just announced its elimination of river blindness. In 1976, the disease had a prevalence rate in the country of 60%.

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

Parasite genetics is the study of the genetic material of parasites, including the distribution, function and evolution of genes and genomes. All genomes are replicated in a temporal order, though ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s parasite powers offer some really sensational benefits, but if you’re like us, you probably wondered whether it was a good idea to accept them. After all, one of your main ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.

An illustration of the parasitic worm that causes river blindness.Credit: Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF “This is as hard as anything in the world,” said Professor Tony Kelleher ...

The main clinical features of patients with intracranial hydatid cysts include raised intracranial pressure, blindness, loss of consciousness, focal neurological deficits and seizures (277, 282).

A blind child is more likely to live in socioeconomic deprivation, to be more frequently hospitalised during childhood and to die in childhood than a child not living with blindness. This update of a ...