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- Title
Evidence that interferon-gamma plays a protective role during cerebral malaria.
- Authors
Cabantous, Sandrine; Poudiougou, Belco; Traore, Abdoulaye; Keita, Marouf; Cisse, Mamadou Balla; Doumbo, Ogobara; Dessein, Alain J; Marquet, Sandrine
- Abstract
The pathogenic mechanisms of cerebral malaria (CM) are unclear but are thought to involve cytokine-mediated inflammation enhanced by parasite sequestration in the brain microcirculation. The role that interferon (IFN)-gamma could play that would enhance inflammation but also reduce parasitemia is unclear.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2005, Vol 192, Issue 5, p854
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/432484