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Functional promoter haplotypes of interleukin-18 condition susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and childhood mortality
Anyona, Samuel B; Kempaiah, Prakasha {et..al} (American Society for Microbiology, 2011)Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children residing in regions where Plasmodium falciparum transmission is holoendemic. Although largely unexplored in children with SMA, ... -
Reduced systemic bicyclo‐prostaglandin‐E2 and cyclooxygenase‐2 gene expression are associated with inefficient erythropoiesis and enhanced uptake of monocytic hemozoin in children with severe malarial anemia
Anyona, Samuel B; Kempaiah, Prakasha; Raballah, Evans; Davenport, Gregory C; Were, Tom; Gichuki, Charity W {et al} (Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., 2012)In holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas, severe malaria primarily occurs in children aged < 48 months and manifests as severe malarial anemia [SMA; hemoglobin (Hb) <6.0 g/dL]. Induction of high levels of ...