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Cerebral Malaria Pathogenesis: Revisiting Parasite and Host Contributions
1 Feb 2012
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral malaria is one of a number of clinical syndromes associated with infection by human malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium. The etiology of cerebral malaria derives from sequestration of parasitized red cells in brain microvasculature and is thought to be enhanced by the proinflammatory status of the host and virulence characteristics of the infecting parasite variant. In this article we examine the...
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