The classic diagnostic tool used to identify malaria is Giemsa microscopy ... examined under oil immersion for the presence of malaria parasites in red blood cells. Thick blood smears concentrate ...

Kade Loveridge, first author on the paper, uses a microscope to look at a blood sample infected ... These results were published as "Identification of a divalent metal transporter required for ...

More information: Kade M. Loveridge et al, Identification of a divalent metal transporter required for cellular iron metabolism in malaria parasites, Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

And yet, there are similarities. Malaria is caused by a parasite, usually found in tropical regions, that infects humans after they have been bitten by a mosquito. This parasite is transmitted ...

Babesiosis, a tickborne disease with symptoms similar to those seen in malaria ... the blood can be observed under a ...