Malarial origins

Fetal origins of malarial disease: cord blood cytokines as risk markers for pediatric severe malarial anemia.

BACKGROUND Severe malarial anemia (SMA) remains a major cause of pediatric illness and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Here we test the hypothesis that prenatal exposures, reflected by soluble inflammatory mediators in cord blood, can condition an individual's susceptibility to SMA. METHODS In a Tanzanian birth cohort (n = 743), we measured cord blood concentrations of tumor necrosis factor ...

Malarial Fevers and Malarial Parasites

Malarial Fevers

the examination of the blood, the taking of specimens of blood, the staining and microscopic examination of the blood and the great necessity of being acquainted with thtf appearance of normal blood. The three species of parasite, other' blood parasites, the method of collecting sample of blood for serum diagnosis, the examination of sputum, etc. These subjects are rightly included in this book...

Malarial Nephritis

was a clear association with malaria, and that all these four cases responded well to treatment with quinine, whereas the other two patients were discharged with evidence of permanently damaged kidneys. Another report of his observations was published in 1942. His main evidence of the malarial origin of the subacute glomerular nephrosis which he described is the response to quinine, and thus he...

Malarial hepatitis.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE To study the clinical, biochemical and histopathological changes in the liver of patients of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with jaundice. MATERIAL AND METHOD This study was conducted on 50 PBF confirmed cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with jaundice. Detailed history, clinical examination, biochemical parameters for liver function test and blood for hepatitis B and C ...