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Role of extracellular vesicles in cellular cross talk in malaria

Babatunde, Kehinde Adebayo ; Subramanian, Bibin Yesodha ; Ahouidi, Ambroise Dioum ; Murillo, Paola Martinez ; Walch, Michael

In: Frontiers in Immunology, 2020, vol. 11, p. -

Malaria infection caused by the Plasmodium species is a complex disease in which a fine balance between host and parasite factors determine the outcome of the disease. While in some individuals, the infection will trigger only a mild and uncomplicated disease, other individuals will develop severe complications and eventually die. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by infected red blood...

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Non-typhoidal Salmonella blood stream infection in Kuwait: Clinical and microbiological characteristics

Albert, M. John ; Bulach, Dieter ; Alfouzan, Wadha ; Izumiya, Hidemasa ; Carter, Glen ; Alobaid, Khaled ; Alatar, Fatemah ; Sheikh, Abdul Rashid ; Poirel, Laurent

In: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019, vol. 13, no. 4, p. e0007293

Salmonella organisms are classified into typhoidal Salmonella (causing enteric fever) and non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) (causing infections other than enteric fever). Apart from causing other infections, NTS causes blood-stream infection (bacteremia and septicemia). NTS blood stream infection (NTS-BI) is considered to be an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa. It causes a very...

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Evaluation of extracellular vesicle function during malaria infection

Andrea Hernández-Castañeda, María ; Mbagwu, Smart Ikechukwu ; Babatunde, Kehinde Adebayo ; Walch, Michael ; Filgueira, Luis ; Mantel, Pierre-Yves

In: JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2018, no. 132, p. e57067

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, with P. falciparum being the most prevalent on the African continent and responsible for most malaria-related deaths globally. Several factors including parasite sequestration in tissues, vascular dysfunction, and inflammatory responses influence the evolution of the disease in malaria-infected people. P. falciparum-infected...

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Human African trypanosomiasis in endemic populations and travellers

Blum, J. ; Neumayr, A. ; Hatz, C.

In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2012, vol. 31, no. 6, p. 905-913