Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-9-2016
Publication Title
Malaria Journal
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
Background: The host response to infection by Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite most often responsible for severe malaria, ranges from asymptomatic parasitaemia to death. The clinical trajectory of malaria is influenced by host genetics and parasite load, but the factors determining why some infections produce uncomplicated malaria and some proceed to severe disease remain incompletely understood.
Methods: To identify molecular markers of severe falciparum malaria, human gene expression patterns were compared between children aged 6 months to 5 years with severe and uncomplicated malaria who were enrolled in a case–control study in Bandiagara, Mali. Microarrays were used to obtain expression data on severe cases and uncomplicated controls at the time of acute disease presentation (five uncomplicated and five severe), 1 week after presentation (three uncomplicated and three severe) and treatment initiation, and in the subsequent dry season (late convalescence, four uncomplicated and four severe). This is a pilot study for the first use of microarray technology in Mali.
DOI
10.1186/s12936-016-1189-6
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Sobota, Rafal S.; Dara, Antoine; Manning, Jessica E.; and Niangaly, Amadou, "Expression of Complement and Toll-Like Receptor Pathway Genes is Associated with Malaria Severity in Mali: A Pilot Case Control Study" (2016). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1346.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1346
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