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Malaria, severe, susceptibility to

MedGen UID:
369644
•Concept ID:
C1970029
•
Finding
Synonym: MALARIA, SEVERE, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO
 
OMIM®: 146790; 611162

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PubMed

Hemoglobin Genotypes Modulate Inflammatory Response to Plasmodium Infection.
Harp KO, Botchway F, Dei-Adomakoh Y, Wilson MD, Hood JL, Adjei AA, Stiles JK, Driss A
Front Immunol 2020;11:593546. Epub 2020 Dec 23 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.593546. PMID: 33424841Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Artemisinin-resistant malaria.
White NJ, Chotivanich K
Clin Microbiol Rev 2024 Dec 10;37(4):e0010924. Epub 2024 Oct 15 doi: 10.1128/cmr.00109-24. PMID: 39404268Free PMC Article
Folic acid supplementation and malaria susceptibility and severity among people taking antifolate antimalarial drugs in endemic areas.
Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Feb 1;2(2022) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557Free PMC Article
Management of malaria in pregnancy.
Rogerson SJ
Indian J Med Res 2017 Sep;146(3):328-333. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1304_17. PMID: 29355138Free PMC Article
Obstetric infections.
Lapinsky SE
Crit Care Clin 2013 Jul;29(3):509-20. Epub 2013 Apr 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2013.03.006. PMID: 23830651
The treatment of malaria.
White NJ
N Engl J Med 1996 Sep 12;335(11):800-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199609123351107. PMID: 8703186

Diagnosis

Folic acid supplementation and malaria susceptibility and severity among people taking antifolate antimalarial drugs in endemic areas.
Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Feb 1;2(2022) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557Free PMC Article
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Malaria in the US: A Review.
Daily JP, Minuti A, Khan N
JAMA 2022 Aug 2;328(5):460-471. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.12366. PMID: 35916842
Investigating the Pathogenesis of Severe Malaria: A Multidisciplinary and Cross-Geographical Approach.
Wassmer SC, Taylor TE, Rathod PK, Mishra SK, Mohanty S, Arevalo-Herrera M, Duraisingh MT, Smith JD
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2015 Sep;93(3 Suppl):42-56. Epub 2015 Aug 10 doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0841. PMID: 26259939Free PMC Article
Babesiosis.
Homer MJ, Aguilar-Delfin I, Telford SR 3rd, Krause PJ, Persing DH
Clin Microbiol Rev 2000 Jul;13(3):451-69. doi: 10.1128/CMR.13.3.451. PMID: 10885987Free PMC Article
The treatment of malaria.
White NJ
N Engl J Med 1996 Sep 12;335(11):800-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199609123351107. PMID: 8703186

Therapy

Artemisinin-resistant malaria.
White NJ, Chotivanich K
Clin Microbiol Rev 2024 Dec 10;37(4):e0010924. Epub 2024 Oct 15 doi: 10.1128/cmr.00109-24. PMID: 39404268Free PMC Article
The emergence of artemisinin partial resistance in Africa: how do we respond?
Rosenthal PJ, Asua V, Bailey JA, Conrad MD, Ishengoma DS, Kamya MR, Rasmussen C, Tadesse FG, Uwimana A, Fidock DA
Lancet Infect Dis 2024 Sep;24(9):e591-e600. Epub 2024 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00141-5. PMID: 38552654
Folic acid supplementation and malaria susceptibility and severity among people taking antifolate antimalarial drugs in endemic areas.
Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Feb 1;2(2022) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557Free PMC Article
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Malaria in the US: A Review.
Daily JP, Minuti A, Khan N
JAMA 2022 Aug 2;328(5):460-471. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.12366. PMID: 35916842
The treatment of malaria.
White NJ
N Engl J Med 1996 Sep 12;335(11):800-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199609123351107. PMID: 8703186

Prognosis

Artemisinin-resistant malaria.
White NJ, Chotivanich K
Clin Microbiol Rev 2024 Dec 10;37(4):e0010924. Epub 2024 Oct 15 doi: 10.1128/cmr.00109-24. PMID: 39404268Free PMC Article
Folic acid supplementation and malaria susceptibility and severity among people taking antifolate antimalarial drugs in endemic areas.
Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Feb 1;2(2022) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557Free PMC Article
The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate.
Watts N, Amann M, Arnell N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Belesova K, Boykoff M, Byass P, Cai W, Campbell-Lendrum D, Capstick S, Chambers J, Dalin C, Daly M, Dasandi N, Davies M, Drummond P, Dubrow R, Ebi KL, Eckelman M, Ekins P, Escobar LE, Fernandez Montoya L, Georgeson L, Graham H, Haggar P, Hamilton I, Hartinger S, Hess J, Kelman I, Kiesewetter G, Kjellstrom T, Kniveton D, Lemke B, Liu Y, Lott M, Lowe R, Sewe MO, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McGushin A, Jankin Mikhaylov S, Milner J, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrissey K, Murray K, Munzert S, Nilsson M, Neville T, Oreszczyn T, Owfi F, Pearman O, Pencheon D, Phung D, Pye S, Quinn R, Rabbaniha M, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Semenza JC, Sherman J, Shumake-Guillemot J, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Trinanes J, Wilkinson P, Costello A, Gong P, Montgomery H
Lancet 2019 Nov 16;394(10211):1836-1878. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32596-6. PMID: 31733928Free PMC Article
Cerebral malaria.
Garg RK
J Assoc Physicians India 2000 Oct;48(10):1004-13. PMID: 11200901
The treatment of malaria.
White NJ
N Engl J Med 1996 Sep 12;335(11):800-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199609123351107. PMID: 8703186

Clinical prediction guides

Folic acid supplementation and malaria susceptibility and severity among people taking antifolate antimalarial drugs in endemic areas.
Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Feb 1;2(2022) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557Free PMC Article
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Malaria in the US: A Review.
Daily JP, Minuti A, Khan N
JAMA 2022 Aug 2;328(5):460-471. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.12366. PMID: 35916842
The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate.
Watts N, Amann M, Arnell N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Belesova K, Boykoff M, Byass P, Cai W, Campbell-Lendrum D, Capstick S, Chambers J, Dalin C, Daly M, Dasandi N, Davies M, Drummond P, Dubrow R, Ebi KL, Eckelman M, Ekins P, Escobar LE, Fernandez Montoya L, Georgeson L, Graham H, Haggar P, Hamilton I, Hartinger S, Hess J, Kelman I, Kiesewetter G, Kjellstrom T, Kniveton D, Lemke B, Liu Y, Lott M, Lowe R, Sewe MO, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McGushin A, Jankin Mikhaylov S, Milner J, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrissey K, Murray K, Munzert S, Nilsson M, Neville T, Oreszczyn T, Owfi F, Pearman O, Pencheon D, Phung D, Pye S, Quinn R, Rabbaniha M, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Semenza JC, Sherman J, Shumake-Guillemot J, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Trinanes J, Wilkinson P, Costello A, Gong P, Montgomery H
Lancet 2019 Nov 16;394(10211):1836-1878. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32596-6. PMID: 31733928Free PMC Article
Biomarkers for susceptibility to infection and disease severity in human malaria.
Andrade BB, Barral-Netto M
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2011 Aug;106 Suppl 1:70-8. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762011000900009. PMID: 21881759
The placenta and malaria.
Matteelli A, Caligaris S, Castelli F, Carosi G
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 1997 Oct;91(7):803-10. doi: 10.1080/00034989760563. PMID: 9625937

Recent systematic reviews

Folic acid supplementation and malaria susceptibility and severity among people taking antifolate antimalarial drugs in endemic areas.
Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Feb 1;2(2022) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557Free PMC Article
HMOX1 genetic polymorphisms and outcomes in infectious disease: A systematic review.
Hamilton FW, Somers J, Mitchell RE, Ghazal P, Timpson NJ
PLoS One 2022;17(5):e0267399. Epub 2022 May 12 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267399. PMID: 35551540Free PMC Article
Systematic review of artemisinin embryotoxicity in animals: Implications for malaria control in human pregnancy.
González R, Pons-Duran C, Bardají A, Leke RGF, Clark R, Menendez C
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2020 Sep 1;402:115127. Epub 2020 Jul 2 doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2020.115127. PMID: 32622917
Pregnancy-specific malarial immunity and risk of malaria in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review.
Cutts JC, Agius PA, Zaw Lin, Powell R, Moore K, Draper B, Simpson JA, Fowkes FJI
BMC Med 2020 Jan 16;18(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-1467-6. PMID: 31941488Free PMC Article
Effect of the ABO blood group on susceptibility to severe malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Degarege A, Gebrezgi MT, Ibanez G, Wahlgren M, Madhivanan P
Blood Rev 2019 Jan;33:53-62. Epub 2018 Jul 17 doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2018.07.002. PMID: 30029997

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