Severe anemia affects both splenectomized and non-splenectomized Plasmodium falciparum-infected Aotus infulatus monkeys

Severe anemia affects both splenectomized and non-splenectomized Plasmodium falciparum-infected Aotus infulatus monkeys

Severe anemia is the earliest and a frequently fatal complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection. Here we describe Aotus infulatus as a primate model suitable to study this malaria complication. Both non-splenectomized and splenectomized monkeys receiving different inocula of P. falciparum FVO s...

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Main Authors: Leonardo J de Moura Carvalho, Francisco Acácio Alves, Salma Gomes de Oliveira, Rodrigo del Rio do Valle, Andréa A Morais Fernandes, José A Pereira Carneiro Muniz, Claudio T Daniel-Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Aotus infulatus
primate model
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000500016

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