Biomarkers for susceptibility to infection and disease severity in human malaria

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 70-78

  Andrade, Bruno Bezerril ^a   Barral Netto, Manoel ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia de Investigacao em Imunologia iii INCT   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Inflammation; Malaria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 80051750847     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000900009     Document Type: Review

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