Cytokine profiles in children with severe plasmodium falciparum malaria in an area of unstable malaria transmission in central sudan

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 392-395

  Mirghani, Hiba A ^a   Eltahir, Hatim G ^b   A elgadir, Thoraya M ^c   Mirghani, Yousra A ^a   Elbashir, Mustafa I ^a   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Senga Hospital   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Children; Cytokines; Malaria; Pathogenesis; Severe; Sudan

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SUDAN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; SUDAN;

EID: 84855230366     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq109     Document Type: Article

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