High oxygen radical production is associated with fast parasite clearance in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1584-1586

  Greve, B ^a,b   Lehman, L G ^a,b   Lell, B ^a,b   Luckner, D ^a,b   Schmidt Ott, R ^a,b   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; GABON; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; OXYGEN; SINGLET OXYGEN; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032992577     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314780     Document Type: Article

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