Pathogenesis (Malaria)
"Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in the Pathophysiology of Lethal Mouse Malaria Infection."
Published in Malaria Weekly, July 8th, 1996
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society for Investigative Pathology, and the American Association of Immunologists, held June 2-6, 1996, in New Orleans, Louisiana, "Human falciparum malaria, caused by the intracellular protozoa Plasmodium falciparum, results in 1-2 million deaths per year, mostly children under the age of five. The P. falciparum intraerythrocytic stage is characterized by the production of hemozoin or malaria pigment, a polymer formed by the crosslinking of heme monomers released during digestion of host hemoglobin. Several investigations...
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Source: Malaria Weekly (1996-07-08)
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