Malaria immunity in man and mosquito: insights into unsolved mysteries of a deadly infectious disease

PD Crompton, J Moebius, S Portugal… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by parasites of the obligate intracellular
Apicomplexa phylum the most deadly of which, Plasmodium falciparum, prevails in Africa …

Neurological complications of malaria

S Trivedi, A Chakravarty - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To discuss the neurological complications and pathophysiology
of organ damage following malaria infection. Recent Findings The principal advancement …

Respiratory manifestations of malaria

WRJ Taylor, J Hanson, GDH Turner, NJ White… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Respiratory distress develops in up to 25% of adults and 40% of children with severe
falciparum malaria. Its diverse causes include respiratory compensation of metabolic …

Pathogenesis, clinical features, and neurological outcome of cerebral malaria

R Idro, NE Jenkins, CRJC Newton - The Lancet Neurology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of Plasmodium falciparum
malaria. Even though this type of malaria is most common in children living in sub-Saharan …

Serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and IL-12 (p70) in Malian children with severe …

KE Lyke, R Burges, Y Cissoko, L Sangare… - Infection and …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Inflammatory cytokines play an important role in human immune responses to malarial
disease. However, the role of these mediators in disease pathogenesis, and the relationship …

Cytokines: accelerators and brakes in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria

NH Hunt, GE Grau - Trends in immunology, 2003 - cell.com
Cerebral malaria (CM) is a major life-threatening complication of Plasmodium falciparum
infection. The nature of the pathogenetic processes leading to the cerebral complications is …

The war between the malaria parasite and the immune system: immunity, immunoregulation and immunopathology

K Artavanis-Tsakonas, JE Tongren… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Throughout history malaria has proved to be a significant threat to human health. Between
300 and 500 million clinical cases occur each year worldwide, approximately 2 million of …

Clinical features and pathogenesis of severe malaria

CL Mackintosh, JG Beeson, K Marsh - Trends in parasitology, 2004 - cell.com
A major change in recent years has been the recognition that severe malaria, predominantly
caused by Plasmodium falciparum, is a complex multi-system disorder presenting with a …

The role of IL-10 in malaria: a double edged sword

R Kumar, S Ng, C Engwerda - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
IL-10 produced by CD4+ T cells suppresses inflammation by inhibiting T cell functions and
the upstream activities of antigen presenting cells (APCs). IL-10 was first identified in Th2 …

Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria exhibits marked inflammatory imbalance

BB Andrade, A Reis-Filho, SM Souza-Neto, J Clarêncio… - Malaria journal, 2010 - Springer
Background Despite clinical descriptions of severe vivax malaria cases having been
reported, data regarding immunological and inflammatory patterns are scarce. In this report …