Pathogenesis of Cerebral Malaria: a combination of inflammation and cytoadherence?

Despite decades of research on cerebral malaria (CM) there is still a paucity of knowledge about what actual causes CM and why certain people develop it. Although sequestration of P. falciparum infected red blood cells has been linked to pathology, it is still not clear if this is directly or solely...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Janet eStorm, Alister G Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00100/full