Plasma Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 concentrations are associated with malaria severity and mortality in Tanzanian children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Rubach, Matthew P ^a,g   Mukemba, Jackson ^b   Florence, Salvatore ^b   John, Bernard ^b   Crookston, Benjamin ^a   Lopansri, Bert K ^c   Yeo, Tsin W ^d,e   Piera, Kim A ^d   Alder, Stephen C ^a   Weinberg, J Brice ^f   Anstey, Nicholas M ^d,e   Granger, Donald L ^a   Mwaikambo, Esther D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUBERT KAIRUKI MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HRP 2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TANZANIA; UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA; BLOOD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84860631605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035985     Document Type: Article

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