Levels of tumour necrosis factor and soluble TNF receptors during malaria fever episodes in the community

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-53

  McGuire, W ^a   D'Alessandro, U ^b   Stephens, S ^c   Olaleye, B O ^b   Langerock, P ^b   Greenwood, B M ^b   Kwiatkowski, D ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c Celltech Therapeutics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Fever; Malaria; Pathogenesis; Plasmodium falciparum; The Gambia; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031883411     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90951-8     Document Type: Article

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