A quantitative ultrastructural study of renal pathology in fatal Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

OBJECTIVE: To use electron microscopy to examine the role of parasitized red blood cell (PRBC) sequestration in the pathogenesis of acute renal failure in severe falciparum malaria. METHODS: Ultrastructural pathological examination of renal tissues from Southeast Asian adults (n = 63) who died from...

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Main Authors: Nguansangiam, S, Day, N, Hien, T, Mai, N, Chaisri, U, Riganti, M, Dondorp, A, Lee, S, Phu, N, Turner, G, White, N, Ferguson, D, Pongponratn, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007