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1. GM mosquitoes: the malaria solution?

Author

Rumsey, Abigail

Subjects
Genetically modified animals -- Health aspects, Malaria -- Risk factors, Malaria -- Care and treatment, Malaria -- Prevention, Plasmodium -- Health aspects, Plasmodium -- Genetic aspects
Abstract

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Malaria infects 500 million people every year and kills over 2 million. The disease is caused by the protozoon Plasmodium. This parasite is transmitted between human hosts by […]

Published
2009

2. Near-fatal multiple organ dysfunction syndrome induced by Plasmodium malariae

Author

Descheemaeker, Pierre-Neri, Mira, Jean-Paul, Bruneel, Fabrice, Houze, Sandrine, Tanguy, Michele, Gangneux, Jean-Pierre, Flecher, Erwan, Rousseau, Christophe, Le Bras, Jacques, and Malledant, Yannick

Subjects
Genetic polymorphisms -- Research, Multiple organ failure -- Risk factors, Multiple organ failure -- Diagnosis, Multiple organ failure -- Care and treatment, Multiple organ failure -- Research, Plasmodium -- Health aspects, Plasmodium -- Genetic aspects, Plasmodium -- Research
Abstract

To the Editor: We report a case of Plasmodium malariae-related multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in a healthy immunocompetent patient. Despite extensive investigation, P. malariae was the only pathogen identified. [...]

Published
2009

3. Disarming the malaria parasite

Author

Engwerda, Christian R. and Good, Michael F.

Subjects
Malaria vaccine -- Health aspects, Malaria vaccine -- Genetic aspects, Malaria vaccine -- Research, Plasmodium -- Health aspects, Plasmodium -- Genetic aspects, Plasmodium -- Research
Abstract

Investigation of a genetically attenuated malaria parasite--which infects but does not kill its host--provides insight into how to develop a malaria vaccine (pages 954-958). Malaria kills more than 1 million [...]

Published
2008

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