Lung injury in vivax malaria: pathophysiological evidence for pulmonary vascular sequestration and posttreatment alveolar-capillary inflammation.

M Anstey, Nicholas; Handojo, Tjandra; C F Pain, Michael; Kenangalem, Enny; Tjitra, Emiliana; N Price, Ric; P Maguire, Graeme

doi:10.1086/510756

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Lung injury in vivax malaria: pathophysiological evidence for pulmonary vascular sequestration and posttreatment alveolar-capillary inflammation.

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Nicholas M Anstey

Tjandra Handojo

Michael C F Pain

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The mechanisms underlying lung injury in vivax malaria are not well understood. Inflammatory responses to Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, to our knowledge, have not previously been compared at an organ level. METHODS: Respiratory symptoms and physiological aspects were measured longi...

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