Severe malaria

NJ White - Malaria journal, 2022 - Springer
Severe malaria is a medical emergency. It is a major cause of preventable childhood death
in tropical countries. Severe malaria justifies considerable global investment in malaria …

Oxidative stress and pathogenesis in malaria

M Vasquez, M Zuniga, A Rodriguez - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Malaria is a highly inflammatory and oxidative disease. The production of reactive oxygen
species by host phagocytes is an essential component of the host response to Plasmodium …

Mechanisms of haemolysis-induced kidney injury

K Van Avondt, E Nur, S Zeerleder - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2019 - nature.com
Intravascular haemolysis is a fundamental feature of chronic hereditary and acquired
haemolytic anaemias, including those associated with haemoglobinopathies, complement …

Malaria: what's new in the management of malaria?

K Plewes, SJ Leopold, HWF Kingston… - Infectious Disease …, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
Malaria affected an estimated 216 million people causing 445,000 deaths in 2016. 1 This
reduced burden of disease and death is a result of more than a century of worldwide effort …

Biomarkers for prediction of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SJ Klein, AK Brandtner, GF Lehner, H Ulmer… - Intensive care …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently occurs in critically ill patients and often
precipitates use of renal replacement therapy (RRT). However, the ideal circumstances for …

Reactive oxygen species and their involvement in red blood cell damage in chronic kidney disease

K Gwozdzinski, A Pieniazek… - Oxidative medicine and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) released in cells are signaling molecules but can also
modify signaling proteins. Red blood cells perform a major role in maintaining the balance of …

The worst things in life are free: the role of free heme in sickle cell disease

OT Gbotosho, MG Kapetanaki, GJ Kato - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hemolysis is a pathological feature of several diseases of diverse etiology such as
hereditary anemias, malaria, and sepsis. A major complication of hemolysis involves the …

New insights into malaria pathogenesis

CA Moxon, MP Gibbins, D McGuinness… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Malaria remains a major public health threat in tropical and subtropical regions across the
world. Even though less than 1% of malaria infections are fatal, this leads to about 430,000 …

Malaria-associated acute kidney injury in African children: prevalence, pathophysiology, impact, and management challenges

A Batte, Z Berrens, K Murphy, I Mufumba… - … of Nephrology and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is emerging as a complication of increasing clinical importance
associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in African children with severe malaria …

Pathogenicity and virulence of malaria: Sticky problems and tricky solutions

IS Walker, SJ Rogerson - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Infections with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax cause over 600,000 deaths
each year, concentrated in Africa and in young children, but much of the world's population …