Hemoglobin Genotypes Modulate Inflammatory Response to Plasmodium Infection
In 2018, 228 million cases and 405,000 malaria-associated deaths were reported worldwide with a majority being in Africa. A wide range of factors, including parasitemia, host immunity, inflammatory responses to infection, and host hemoglobin genotype, mediate the severity of malaria. Among the hemog...
Main Authors: | Keri Oxendine Harp, Felix Botchway, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh, Michael D. Wilson, Joshua L. Hood, Andrew A. Adjei, Jonathan K. Stiles, Adel Driss |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.593546/full |
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