Immunology and Immunopathogenesis of Malaria
Malaria is still a major global health problem, killing more than 1 million people every year. Almost all of these deaths are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, one of the four species of malaria parasites infecting humans. This high burden of mortality fal
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Editors R.W. Compans, Atlanta/Georgia M.D. Cooper, Birmingham/Alabama T. Honjo, Kyoto · H. Koprowski, Philadelphia/Pennsylvania F. Melchers, Basel · M.B.A. Oldstone, La Jolla/California S. Olsnes, Oslo · M. Potter, Bethesda/Maryland P.K. Vogt, La Jolla/California · H. Wagner, Munich
J. Langhorne (Ed.)
Immunology and Immunopathogenesis of Malaria With 8 Figures and 6 Tables
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Jean Langhorne, PhD Division of Parasitology National Institute for Medical Research The Ridgeway, Mill Hill London, NW7 1AA UK e-mail: [email protected]
Cover illustration: Interaction of Host Phagocytic Cells with Malaria Parasites. Lower right: a splenic dendritic cell phagocytosing a Plasmodium chabaudi schizontinfected erythrocyte (CD11c+ MHC Class II+ DC (green), and PKH26-labelled schizont-infected erythrocyte (red), reproduced with permission of Cecile Voisine, Division of Parasitology, NIMR, UK. Upper left: P. berghei infection in the liver of C57Bl/6 mice ex vivo, sporozoities (green) localize temporarily in Kupffer cells. Reproduced with permission of Dr U. Frevert, NYU and Dr N. Steers, WRAIR, USA.
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Preface
Malaria is still a major global health problem, killing more than one million people every year. Almost all of these deaths are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, one of the four species of malaria parasites infecting humans. This high burden of mortality
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