Autoimmunity to phosphatidylserine and anemia in African Trypanosome infections.

• Main Authors: Juan Rivera-Correa (Author), Joseph Verdi (Author), Julian Sherman (Author), Jeremy M Sternberg (Author), Jayne Raper (Author), Ana Rodriguez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anemia caused by trypanosome infection is poorly understood. Autoimmunity during Trypanosoma brucei infection was proposed to have a role during anemia, but the mechanisms involved during this pathology have not been elucidated. In mouse models and human patients infected with malaria parasites, aty...