Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
A Proposed Mouse Model For Childhood Malaria And Immunity |
2018 |
276 |
CD4+ T cells are imperative in the immune response to infections, but the immune response to malaria, especially in young children, is poorly understood, due to a lack of a young rodent animal model to study the pathogenesis of the disease. In this t... |
Moderate Malnutrition Decrease Malaria-Specific Effector CD4+ T Cells |
2021 |
276 |
Malnutrition is known to predispose people to infections by affecting immune cell populations, but it is not known how moderate malnutrition affects the survival of effector CD4+ T cells that could be protective against chronic infections such as mal... |
Immunological Effects Of Moringa Oleifera On Malaria And Malnutrition During Plasmodium Chabaudi Infection |
2019 |
1766 |
Malaria is a worldwide problem that affects millions of people yearly, especially in rural areas where life-saving anti-malarial drugs are not easily accessible. Residents in such rural areas also suffer from malnutrition due to limited supply of var... |
Innate Lymphocytes In Young Mice Promote Protection Against Plasmodium Chabaudi Infection |
2020 |
393 |
Understanding the immune response to malaria, especially in children under five, is limited due to the lack of a reliable animal model to study the pathogenesis of the disease. By utilizing a newly developed young rodent model in our lab, we have obs... |
The Detrimental Effects Of Malnutrition And Plasmodium Chabaudi Infection On Gut Integrity And Immunity |
2021 |
395 |
Plasmodium falciparum is a protozoan parasite which causes malarial disease in humans. Infections commonly occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region with high rates of inadequate nutrient con-sumption resulting in malnutrition. The complex relationship b... |