New study offers insights into triggers of early-stage malaria parasite infection
For a century, researcher after researcher has tried to grow Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax), the parasite that causes the most widespread type of malaria, in petri dishes continuously, […]
USF College of Nursing receives $2.6 million NIH grant to study link between pregnancy, depression and a parasite
Dr. Maureen Groer heads a group of USF Health researchers in a five-year study examining the relationship between a common parasite and how it affects the brain of […]
USF researcher studying brain-eating parasite featured speaker at Amoeba Summit 2016
University of South Florida researchers continue to hone the high-volume screening of compounds that may lead to optimal drugs to combat the rare but deadly infection caused by […]
USF study finds plant proteins control chronic disease in Toxoplasma infections
The research sheds light on malaria-related parasite’s transition from acute to chronic stage Tampa, FL (April 8, 2013) — A new discovery about the malaria-related parasite Toxoplasma gondii […]
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