Reduced Parasite Burden in Children with Falciparum Malaria and Bacteremia Coinfections: Role of Mediators of Inflammation

• Published in: Mediators of inflammation Vol. 2016; no. 2016; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Authors: Ongecha, John M., Perkins, Douglas J., Kempaiah, Prakasha, Hengartner, Nicolas W., Fenimore, Paul W., Mukundan, Harshini, Karim, Zachary, Otieno, Vincent, Hittner, James B., Davenport, Gregory C., McMahon, Benjamin H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2016; Hindawi Limited; Wiley
• Subjects: Anemia; Bacteremia; Bacteremia - blood; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacteremia - parasitology; Cell Biology; Child, Preschool; Clinical outcomes; Coinfection - blood; Coinfection - microbiology; Coinfection - parasitology; Comorbidity; Cytokines; Female; Health care; HIV; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Hypotheses; Immunology; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infections; Infectious diseases; Inflammation; Inflammation - blood; Inflammation - microbiology; Inflammation - parasitology; Interferon-alpha - blood; Interferon-gamma - blood; Interleukin-10 - blood; Interleukin-12 - blood; Interleukin-15 - blood; Interleukin-17 - blood; Interleukin-4 - blood; Interleukin-5 - blood; Interleukin-7 - blood; Laboratories; Malaria; Malaria, Falciparum - blood; Malaria, Falciparum - microbiology; Malaria, Falciparum - parasitology; Male; Mediation; Parasites; Pathogens; Plasmodium falciparum; R&D; Research & development; Salmonella - pathogenicity; Sepsis; Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - blood; Kenya
• ISSN: 0962-9351; 1466-1861
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/4286576

Dedicated to our beloved friend and colleague Gregory C. Davenport, Ph.D., PCPH, MLT (ASCP), who passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, 21 August of 2013, at 41 years of age