Elevated Levels of Soluble TNF Receptors 1 and 2 Correlate with <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> Parasitemia in Pregnant Women: Potential Markers for Malaria-Associated Inflammation

Thévenon, A; Zhou, James; Megnekou, Rosette; Eyongabane Ako, Simon; G. F. Leke, Rose; Wallace Taylor, Diane

doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1002293

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Elevated Levels of Soluble TNF Receptors 1 and 2 Correlate with Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia in Pregnant Women: Potential Markers for Malaria-Associated Inflammation

Published in The Journal of Immunology • Oct 28, 2010

Authors:

A Thévenon

James Zhou

Rosette Megnekou

Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IEs) sequester in the intervillous space (IVS) of the placenta causing placental malaria (PM), a condition that increases a woman's chances of having a low-birth-weight baby. Because IEs sequester, they frequently are not observed in peripheral blood smea...

Subject

Parasitemia

Malaria

Asymptomatic

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