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Genetic Evidence for the Aggravation ofPlasmodium falciparumMalaria by Interleukin 4

Author(s) -

Sandrine Cabantous,

Belco Poudiougou,

Aboubacar Alassane Oumar,

Abdoualye Traore,

Abdoulaye Barry,

Joana Vitte,

Pierre Bongrand,

Sandrine Marquet,

Ogobara K. Doumbo,

Alain Dessein

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/644600

Subject(s) - malaria , plasmodium falciparum , genotype , immunology , interleukin 4 , interleukin , variable number tandem repeat , medicine , biology , cytokine , genetics , gene

Severe malaria (SM) due to Plasmodium falciparum causes millions of child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. It comprises a variety of clinical disorders, including cerebral malaria (CM) and severe anemia (SA). In previous work, we have shown that interferon gamma and interleukin 12 protect against CM. Here, we investigated whether interleukin 4 (IL-4) aggravates the risk of severe disease.

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