Malaria (Animal Models)
Cytokine Production Studied in Monkey Model
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 11th, 1999
P. coatneyi infection in rhesus monkeys has been used as a model for studying human malaria. Cytokine production in this model, however, has not been examined.
C. Yang and colleagues, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, performed a study in which four rhesus monkeys were infected with P. coatneyi, with another four animals serving as uninfected controls ("Cytokine Production in Rhesus Monkeys Infected with Plasmodium...
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