Is asymptomatic malaria really asymptomatic? Hematological, vascular and inflammatory effects of asymptomatic malaria parasitemia

Journal of Infection

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 587-596

  de Mast, Quirijn ^a,b   Brouwers, Judith ^b   Syafruddin, Din ^c,d   Bousema, Teun ^a,e   Baidjoe, Amrish Y ^a   de Groot, Philip G ^b   van der Ven, Andre J ^a   Fijnheer, Rob ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^d HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemia; Asymptomatic; Endothelium; Inflammation; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Platelets; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR PROPEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDONESIA; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PATENT PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBPATENT PARASITEMIA; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREND STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ANEMIA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEASON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET FACTOR 4; SEASONS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945466896     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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