Association between Epstein-Barr virus reactivation and severe malaria in pregnant women living in a malaria-endemic region of Cameroon.

• Hauptverfasser: Ide Armelle Djuidje Chatue (VerfasserIn), Maximilienne Ascension Nyegue (VerfasserIn), Severin Donald Kamdem (VerfasserIn), Franklin Maloba (VerfasserIn), Iqbal Taliy Junaid (VerfasserIn), Pawan Malhotra (VerfasserIn), Palmer Masumbe Netongo (VerfasserIn)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Malaria kills nearly 619,000 people each year. Despite the natural immunity acquired to malaria, pregnant women and children under five die from severe forms of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Co-infection with acute Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection has been shown to suppress the anti-malarial...