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Inflammatory responses to parasites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2011

C. D. Mackenzie,
A. J. Gatrill,
A. J. Luty,
D. G. Manyasi,
C. Moore,
G. Sayers and
S. Sulaiman
C. D. Mackenzie
Affiliation:
Wolfson Tropical Pathology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
A. J. Gatrill
Affiliation:
Wolfson Tropical Pathology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
A. J. Luty
Affiliation:
Wolfson Tropical Pathology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
D. G. Manyasi
Affiliation:
Wolfson Tropical Pathology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
C. Moore
Affiliation:
Wolfson Tropical Pathology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
G. Sayers
Affiliation:
Wolfson Tropical Pathology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
S. Sulaiman
Affiliation:
Medical Research Laboratories, Khartoum, Sudan
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The patients we are concerned about in tropical medicine are unfortunately affected by a wide range of conditions, not only those seen and studied extensively in the West, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and viral or bacterial infections, but also the major protozoan and metazoan conditions – the parasitic diseases. It is with this spectrum of pathophysiological changes that occurs in this last group that we are presently concerned and this communication is intended to present an overview of the subject.

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