The striking mimics between COVID-19 and malaria: A review

EHE Konozy, MEM Osman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives COVID-19 is a transmissible illness triggered by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since its onset in late 2019 in Wuhan city of China …

Innate lymphoid cells in protection, pathology, and adaptive immunity during apicomplexan infection

DL Ivanova, SL Denton, KD Fettel… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Apicomplexans are a diverse and complex group of protozoan pathogens including
Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Eimeria spp., and Babesia …

Inflammatory cytokines as potential biomarkers for early diagnosis of severe malaria in children in Ghana

E Obeng-Aboagye, A Frimpong, JA Amponsah… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Severe malaria (SM) is a fatal multi-system disease which accounted for an
estimated 619,000 deaths in 2021. Less than 30% of children presenting with SM are …

Novel genetic polymorphisms associated with severe malaria and under selective pressure in North-eastern Tanzania

M Ravenhall, S Campino, N Sepúlveda… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Significant selection pressure has been exerted on the genomes of human populations
exposed to Plasmodium falciparum infection, resulting in the acquisition of mechanisms of …

Severe malaria: Biology, clinical manifestation, pathogenesis and consequences

SN Balaji, R Deshmukh, V Trivedi - Journal of Vector Borne …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Every year, millions of people are infected with malaria, resulting in significant economic
losses to the developing and developed nations. The malaria parasite pursues a …

[HTML][HTML] Acute kidney injury due to tropical infectious diseases and animal venoms: a tale of 2 continents

EA Burdmann, V Jha - Kidney International, 2017 - Elsevier
South and Southeast Asia and Latin American together comprise 46 countries and are home
to approximately 40% of the world population. The sociopolitical and economic …

Potential benefits of lycopene consumption: Rationale for using it as an adjuvant treatment for malaria patients and in several diseases

ELP Varela, ARQ Gomes… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Malaria is a disease that affects thousands of people around the world every year. Its
pathogenesis is associated with the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species …

Dendritic cell responses and function in malaria

XZ Yap, RJ Lundie, JG Beeson, M O'Keeffe - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Malaria remains a serious threat to global health. Sustained malaria control and, eventually,
eradication will only be achieved with a broadly effective malaria vaccine. Yet a fundamental …

Hemin acts as CD36 ligand to activate down-stream signalling to disturb immune responses and cytokine secretion from macrophages

S Banesh, S Layek, V Trivedi - Immunology Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Inflammatory responses to hemin are believed to play an important role in tissue damage
and cerebral malaria pathology. Macrophage exposed to hemin exhibits modulation of non …

[HTML][HTML] Role of astrocyte senescence regulated by the non–canonical autophagy in the neuroinflammation associated to cerebral malaria

F Hellani, I Leleu, N Saidi, N Martin, C Lecoeur… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Cerebral malaria (CM) is a fatal neuroinflammatory syndrome caused (in
humans) by the protozoa Plasmodium (P.) falciparum. Glial cell activation is one of the …