Complement activation in malaria: friend or foe?

S Biryukov, JA Stoute - Trends in molecular medicine, 2014 - cell.com
Complement is activated during malaria infection, but there is little evidence that it benefits
the host. On the contrary, growing evidence points to the central role of complement …

Suppression of vaccine responses by malaria: insignificant or overlooked?

AJ Cunnington, EM Riley - Expert review of vaccines, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Malaria is widely reported to suppress immune responses to heterologous antigens,
including vaccines, but the evidence base for this assumption is patchy and confusing. Here …

Haematological profile of children with malaria in Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia

S Jiero, AP Pasaribu - Malaria Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Malaria remains a major public health problem in Indonesian Papua, with
children under five years of age being the most affected group. Haematological changes …

Hemolysis is associated with low reticulocyte production index and predicts blood transfusion in severe malarial anemia

R Fendel, C Brandts, A Rudat, A Kreidenweiss… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Falciparum Malaria, an infectious disease caused by the apicomplexan
parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is among the leading causes of death and morbidity …

Digestive vacuoles of Plasmodium falciparum are selectively phagocytosed by and impair killing function of polymorphonuclear leukocytes

P Dasari, K Reiss, K Lingelbach… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Sequestration of parasitized erythrocytes and dysregulation of the coagulation and
complement system are hallmarks of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria. A link between …

Hematological abnormalities in patients with malaria and typhoid in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana

NG Anabire, PA Aryee, GK Helegbe - BMC research notes, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Objective Anemia, Leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia are commonly observed
hematological abnormalities in malaria and typhoid patients. In this study, we evaluated the …

Digestive vacuole of Plasmodium falciparum released during erythrocyte rupture dually activates complement and coagulation

P Dasari, SD Heber, M Beisele… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria evolves through the interplay among capillary
sequestration of parasitized erythrocytes, deregulated inflammatory responses, and …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of complement regulatory proteins on uninfected erythrocytes in vivax and falciparum malaria anemia

DA Oyong, E Kenangalem, JR Poespoprodjo… - JCI insight, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Anemia is a major complication of malaria, driven largely by loss of uninfected RBCs during
infection. RBC clearance through loss of complement regulatory proteins (CRPs) is a …

Malarial anemia: digestive vacuole of Plasmodium falciparum mediates complement deposition on bystander cells to provoke hemophagocytosis

P Dasari, A Fries, SD Heber, A Salama, IW Blau… - Medical microbiology …, 2014 - Springer
The digestive vacuole (DV) of Plasmodium falciparum, which is released into the
bloodstream upon rupture of each parasitized red blood cell (RBC), was recently discovered …

Seroprevalence of Malaria and Hepatitis B Coinfection among Pregnant Women in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

GK Helegbe, PA Aryee, BS Mohammed… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Coinfections are becoming common risk factors that may contribute to the
increased burden of morbidity in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to assess the …