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ReviewInternational journal for parasitology2017

Severe malaria: what's new on the pathogenesis front?

Samuel Crocodile Wassmer, Georges Emile Raymond Grau

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Review in International journal for parasitology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Is there a role for bradykinin in cerebral malaria pathogenesis?Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Samuel Crocodile WassmerDepartment of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Vascular Immunology Unit, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences & Marie Bashir Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia. Electronic address: sam.wassmer@lshtm.ac.uk.
Georges Emile Raymond GrauVascular Immunology Unit, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences & Marie Bashir Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

Using Next-Generation Genomics to Study Antimalarial Drug Resistance in IndiaU19AI089676 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI OMPAD, DANIELLE C · 2010 to 2023
$22.6M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI089676
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum causes the most severe and fatal form of malaria in humans with over half a million deaths each year. Cerebral malaria, a complex neurological syndrome of severe falciparum malaria, is often fatal and represents a major public health burden. Despite vigorous efforts, the pathophysiology of cerebral malaria remains to be elucidated, thereby hindering the development of adjunctive therapies. In recent years, multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches have led to groundbreaking progress both in the laboratory and in the field. Here we review the latest breakthroughs in severe malaria pathogenesis, with a specific focus on new pathogenetic mechanisms leading to cerebral malaria. The most recent findings point towards specific parasite phenotypes targeting brain microvasculature, endothelial dysfunction and subsequent oedema-induced brain swelling.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntimalarialsBiomedical ResearchBrain EdemaEndothelium, VascularHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansMalaria, CerebralMalaria, FalciparumMicrovesselsPlasmodium falciparumAntimalarialsCerebral malariaEndothelial dysfunctionMalaria in pregnancyPathophysiologyPlasmodium spp.Sequestration

Identifiers

PMID27670365
PMCPMC5285481
OpenAlexW2523145084

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