Pathophysiology of malaria

The pathophysiology of malaria infection is presented from animal studies and the various manifestations occurring in human cases. Maegraith (1974) proposed the concept of a chain reaction of physiological processes that leads to the disease following malarial infection. It may be seen that the mala...

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Main Author: T. Chongsuphajaisiddhi
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spelling th-mahidol.301842018-10-12T14:04:01Z Pathophysiology of malaria T. Chongsuphajaisiddhi Mahidol University Medicine The pathophysiology of malaria infection is presented from animal studies and the various manifestations occurring in human cases. Maegraith (1974) proposed the concept of a chain reaction of physiological processes that leads to the disease following malarial infection. It may be seen that the malaria parasites first damage the infected red blood cells directly and then initiate a chain reaction of nonspecific inflammatory processes and later on immunological responses aggravating further the inflammatory reactions. Because of the interdependence in nature of these changes as suggested by Maegraith in 1977, it is usually difficult to clearly identify these three mechanisms. 2018-10-12T07:04:01Z 2018-10-12T07:04:01Z 1981-12-01 Article Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.12, No.3 (1981), 298-307 00383619 2-s2.0-0019838802 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/30184 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0019838802&origin=inward
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T. Chongsuphajaisiddhi
Pathophysiology of malaria
description The pathophysiology of malaria infection is presented from animal studies and the various manifestations occurring in human cases. Maegraith (1974) proposed the concept of a chain reaction of physiological processes that leads to the disease following malarial infection. It may be seen that the malaria parasites first damage the infected red blood cells directly and then initiate a chain reaction of nonspecific inflammatory processes and later on immunological responses aggravating further the inflammatory reactions. Because of the interdependence in nature of these changes as suggested by Maegraith in 1977, it is usually difficult to clearly identify these three mechanisms.
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