A quantitative ultrastructural study of renal pathology in fatal<i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>malaria

2007125 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Sudarat Nguansangiam · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Nicholas P. J. Day · Mahidol University

Tran Tinh Hien · Hospital for Tropical Diseases

Nguyen Thi Hoang · Hospital for Tropical Diseases

Urai Chaisri · Mahidol University

M Riganti · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Arjen M. Dondorp

Abstract

Malaria-associated renal failure is a common and serious complication of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in this population, associated with acute tubular injury rather than glomerulonephritis, and linked to localization of host monocytes in the kidney as well as sequestration of PRBCs.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Parasites and Host Interactions Mosquito-borne diseases and control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 12, Issue 9, pp. 1037-1050

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01881.x

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