HIV Impairs Opsonic Phagocytic Clearance Of Pregnancy-associated Malaria Parasites

Main Category: HIV / AIDS
Also Included In: Pregnancy / Obstetrics;  Tropical Diseases
Article Date: 29 May 2007 - 12:00 PDT

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Based on a comparison of HIV-negative or HIV-infected primigravid and multigravid women, Kevin Kain and colleagues suggest that opsonic phagocytosis might protect against pregnancy-associated malaria, and that HIV infection might impair this parasite clearance mechanism.

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Keen J, Serghides L, Ayi K, Patel SN, Ayisi J, et al. (2007)
HIV impairs opsonic phagocytic clearance of pregnancy-associated malaria parasites
PLoS Med 4(5): e181.
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