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A histological method for quantifying Plasmodium falciparum in the brain in fatal paediatric cerebral malaria

BACKGROUND: The sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in brain microvasculature through cytoadherence to endothelium, is the hallmark of the definitive diagnosis of cerebral malaria and plays a critical role in malaria pathogenesis. The complex pathophysiology, which leads eac...

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Autores principales: Milner, Danny A, Valim, Clarissa, Carr, Richard A, Chandak, Pankaj B, Fosiko, Nedson G, Whitten, Richard, Playforth, Krupa B, Seydel, Karl B, Kamiza, Steve, Molyneux, Malcolm E, Taylor, Terrie E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23758807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-191