Short report: Higher production of peripheral blood macrophage migration inhibitory factor in healthy children with a history of mild malaria relative to children with a history of severe malaria.

Awandare, Gordon A; Kremsner, Peter G; Hittner, James B; Keller, Christopher C; Clark, Ian A; Weinberg, J Brice; Perkins, Douglas J

Short report: Higher production of peripheral blood macrophage migration inhibitory factor in healthy children with a history of mild malaria relative to children with a history of severe malaria.

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2007

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Awandare, Gordon A

Kremsner, Peter G

Hittner, James B

Keller, Christopher C

Clark, Ian A

Weinberg, J Brice

Perkins, Douglas J

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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Plasmodium falciparum malaria is one of the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The host immune response to P. falciparum is a critical determinant of malarial pathogenesis and disease outcomes. Macrophage migration

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Keywords: macrophage migration inhibition factor; macrophage migration inhibition factor; messenger RNA; article; child; clinical article; cytokine production; disease severity; female; human; human cell; immune response; macrophage; malaria; male; peripheral blood

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