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Cytokine Balance in Human Malaria: Does Plasmodium vivax Elicit More Inflammatory Responses than Plasmodium falciparum?

BACKGROUND: The mechanisms by which humans regulate pro- and anti-inflammatory responses on exposure to different malaria parasites remains unclear. Although Plasmodium vivax usually causes a relatively benign disease, this parasite has been suggested to elicit more host inflammation per parasitized...

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Autores principales: Gonçalves, Raquel M., Scopel, Kézia K. G., Bastos, Melissa S., Ferreira, Marcelo U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22973442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044394