September 26, 2024 by University of California – Riverside This photomicrograph of a blood smear contains a macro- and microgametocyte of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite. In 2022, nearly 619,000 global deaths due to malaria were caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent, prevalent, and deadly human malaria parasite. For decades, the parasite’s resistance to all...