Shared features in the pathobiology of babesiosis and malaria.
The pathobiology of malaria has been extensively studied in humans but many questions remain, especially regarding fulminant disease associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection. Babesiosis, recognized since biblical times as an important disease of livestock and more recently as an emerging health problem in humans, is caused by related intraerythrocytic protozoa with a similar pathogenesis and clinical course. Recent studies of cytokine activation and erythrocyte cytoadherence in babesiosis and malaria have exploited these similarities to provide new insights into malaria pathobiology. Continued investigation of similarities and differences in the pathogenesis of babesiosis and malaria should lead to additional fundamental insights for both conditions.
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- Severity of Illness Index
- Mycology & Parasitology
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Lung Diseases, Parasitic
- Kidney Diseases
- Humans
- Erythrocytes
- Cytokines
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Babesiosis
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Severity of Illness Index
- Mycology & Parasitology
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Lung Diseases, Parasitic
- Kidney Diseases
- Humans
- Erythrocytes
- Cytokines
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Babesiosis