Avani Dave, Jai Hind College The fidelity of disease model predictions is based on precisely describing the incorporated processes and parameters. Several different models exist and help in describing the dynamics observed in the host during malaria infection. That being said, there is insufficient clinical data that can be utilized for the quantitative validation and […]
Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that is responsible for causing toxoplasmosis. This protozoan infects humans and other animals as well. Data shows that up to 30% of the world’s population remains chronically infected with this protozoan, but a large number of them do not show any symptoms. Most of […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Malaria is not something unknown to us. Occurring when an infected female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, it accounts for over 400,000 deaths every year. The onset occurs when the parasite Plasmodium enters the human bloodstream and infects the liver cells and finally, the red blood cells. While vaccines are […]
Diya Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata Researchers have discovered a “non-oxygen breathing” animal called Henneguya salminicola, which is a cnidarian parasite on some species of salmon fish. This discovery has changed one of science’s assumptions— that all multicellular animals are aerobic (need oxygen to survive) in nature. Other organisms (fungi, amoebas) are found in anaerobic environments […]
