The malarial fever response--pathogenesis, polymorphism and prospects for intervention.
It is estimated that over 200 million people each year suffer debilitating attacks of malarial fever, and roughly 2 million of these episodes are fatal. The fever is caused by tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and other pyrogenic cytokines that are released by the host immune system response to products...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1997
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