Neuroimmunological blood brain barrier opening in experimental cerebral malaria.

Plasmodium falciparum malaria is responsible for nearly one million annual deaths worldwide. Because of the difficulty in monitoring the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria in humans, we conducted a study in various mouse models to better understand disease progression in experimental cerebral malaria...

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Main Authors: Adela Nacer, Alexandru Movila, Kerstin Baer, Sebastian A Mikolajczak, Stefan H I Kappe, Ute Frevert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3486917?pdf=render