Browsing School of Public health & Community Development by Author "Keller, CC"

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Parasitemia, anemia, and malarial anemia in infants and young children in a rural holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission area.

Were, T; Ong'echa, JM; Keller, CC; Ouma, C; Otieno, Richard O; Lewis, Z L; Ochie, D; Slingluff, JL; Mogere, S; Ogonji, GA; Orago, AS; Vulule, JM; Kaplan, SS; Day, RD; Perkins, DJ (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2005)

Malarial anemia (MA) is a multifactorial disease for which the complex etiological basis is only partially defined. The association of clinical, nutritional, demographic, and socioeconomic factors with parasitemia, ...
Polymorphic Variability in the Interleukin (IL)-1Beta Promoter Conditions Susceptibility to Severe Malarial Anemia and Functional Changes in IL-1Beta Production

Otieno, Micheal F; Ouma, C; Davenport, GC; Awandare, GA; Keller, CC; Were, T; Vulule, JM; Martinson, J; Ong'echa, JM; Ferrell, RE; Perkins, DJ (PubMed, 2012)

Interleukin (IL)-1beta is a cytokine released as part of the innate immune response to Plasmodium falciparum. Because the role played by IL-1beta polymorphic variability in conditioning the immunopathogenesis of severe ...