Complement Activation in Malaria Immunity and Pathogenesis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Stoute, José A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Immunology.; Parasitology.; Infectious diseases.; Tropical medicine.; Laboratory medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Tropical Medicine.; Laboratory Medicine.

Plasmodium falciparum malaria is responsible for the deaths of nearly 500,000 people each year. Much attention has been paid to antibody and cellular mechanisms of immunity against this pathogen. By contrast, the role that the complement system plays in immunity and pathogenesis in this infection is...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Complement System
• Mechanisms of Complement Activation in Malaria
• Role of Complement in Severe Malarial Anemia
• Role of Complement in Cerebral Malaria
• Role of Complement in Placental Malaria
• Complement Evasion Mechanisms of the Human Pathogen Plasmodium falciparum
• Role of Complement in Immunity Against Malaria
• Complement-like System in the Mosquito Responses Against Malaria Parasites.