The malarial fever response - pathogenesis, polymorphism and…
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- DOI 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813171
- PMID https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9329990
- OpenAlex ID W2046208345
- Type Article
- Language EN
- Published 01 Jul 1997
- Volume 91 (5)
- Pages 533–542
- Source Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasito…
- Publisher Maney Publishing
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The malarial fever response - pathogenesis, polymorphism and prospects for intervention
Article 1997 EN
It is estimated that over 200 million people each year suffer debilitating attacks of malarial fever, and roughly 2 million of these episodes are fatal. The fever is caused by tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and other pyrogenic cytokines that are released by the host immune system response to products of schizont rupture. TNF has anti-parasitic properties but excessive TNF production is thought to pl…
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6 authors| # | Author | Institutions | ORCID |
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| 1 | Dominic P. Kwiatkowski Corresponding | John Radcliffe Hospital (GB) University of Oxford (GB) | |
| 2 | Clive Bate | John Radcliffe Hospital (GB) | |
| 3 | Ian G. Scragg | John Radcliffe Hospital (GB) | — |
| 4 | Pauline Beattie | John Radcliffe Hospital (GB) | |
| 5 | Irina A. Udalova | John Radcliffe Hospital (GB) | |
| 6 | Julian Charles Knight | John Radcliffe Hospital (GB) |
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