Plasmodium falciparum antigenic variation: Relationships between widespread endothelial activation, parasite PfEMP1 expression and severe malaria

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Abdi, Abdirahman I ^a,d   Fegan, Gregory ^a,b   Muthui, Michelle ^a   Kiragu, Esther ^a   Musyoki, Jennifer N ^a   Opiyo, Michael ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b   Warimwe, George M ^a,c   Bull, Peter C ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PWANI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Angiopoietin 2; Cerebral malaria; Group A like; Impaired consciousness; Respiratory distress; Rosetting; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; KENYA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; ROSETTE FORMATION;

ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; ROSETTE FORMATION;

EID: 84897385982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-170     Document Type: Article

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