Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by Plasmodium species, which are spread by mosquitoes. Erythrocytes are the replicating factories for malaria parasites. There are three malarial life-cycle stages: exoerythrocytic forms, asexual…
Trypanosomiasis or trypanosomosis is the name of several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus Trypanosoma. A number of these diseases occur in animals. Trypanosomiasis in…
Malaria is one of the most widespread and ancient infectious diseases of humanity. In particular, Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) acts as a target for the development of new antimalarials. In addition,…
The apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium is one of the leading causes of infectious diarrhea in children. Cryptosporidiosis is also a well-recognized opportunistic infection in adult AIDS and transplant patients. The Cryptosporidium…