Plasmodium falciparum malaria and invasive bacterial co-infection in young African children: the dysfunctional spleen hypothesis

Children with recent or acute malaria episodes are at increased risk of invasive bacterial infections (IBI). However, the exact nature of the malaria-IBI association is still unclear. Young children have an age-related spleen immunologic immaturity, mainly due to the still ongoing development of the...

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Autores principales: Gómez-Pérez, Gloria P, van Bruggen, Robin, Grobusch, Martin P, Dobaño, Carlota
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25158979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-335

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25158979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-335

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