Cytokine profiles at birth predict malaria severity during infancy.

BACKGROUND:Severe malaria risk varies between individuals, and most of this variation remains unexplained. Here, we examined the hypothesis that cytokine profiles at birth reflect inter-individual differences that persist and influence malaria parasite density and disease severity throughout early c...

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Main Authors: Edward Kabyemela, Bronner P Gonçalves, D Rebecca Prevots, Robert Morrison, Whitney Harrington, Moses Gwamaka, Jonathan D Kurtis, Michal Fried, Patrick E Duffy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795067?pdf=render