umor necrosis factor production in acute malaria

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Published: Dec 31, 1989
Issue: Vol. 20 No. 4 (1989)
Section Original Articles

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  Myriam Arévalo de Herrera Profesora Asistente, Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  Sócrates Herrera Profesor Asistente, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
Abstract

The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a cytokine released by activated macrophages. It may play an important role in either the protection or pathology of malaria. Mononuclear cells of 40 infected patients with Plasmodium falciparum or P. vivax were evaluated for the spontaneous release of TNF in vitro. High levels of the factor were observed in 50% of these supernatants. No correlation was found between TNF values and parasitemia, blood chemistry, or fibrinogen levels.

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Myriam Arévalo de Herrera, Profesora Asistente, Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Profesora Asistente, Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Sócrates Herrera, Profesor Asistente, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Profesor Asistente, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

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Arévalo de Herrera, M., & Herrera, S. (1989). umor necrosis factor production in acute malaria. Colombia Medica, 20(4), 142–147. https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v20i4.6269
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