University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
Does EBV alter the pathogenesis of malaria
UMMS Affiliation
Program in Molecular Medicine
Publication Date
2015-09-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Animal Experimentation and Research | Epidemiology | Hemic and Immune Systems | Immunopathology | Parasitic Diseases | Parasitology | Pathology | Viruses
Abstract
Plasmodium falciparum infections have been implicated in immune deficiencies resulting in ineffective control of Epstein-Barr virus, thereby increasing the risk of endemic Burkitt lymphoma in children. However, the impact of Epstein-Barr virus infections on the development of immunity to P. falciparum has not been studied in depth. In this review, we examine novel findings from animal co-infection models and human immuno-epidemiologic studies to speculate on the impact of acute gammaherpesvirus co-infection on malarial disease severity. Children are often concurrently or sequentially infected with multiple pathogens, and this has implications for understanding the development of protective immunity as well as in the evaluation of vaccine efficacy.
Keywords
animal models, co‐infection, epidemiologic studies, immunity
DOI of Published Version
10.1111/pim.12212
Source
Parasite Immunol. 2015 Sep;37(9):433-45. doi: 10.1111/pim.12212. Link to article on publisher's site
Related Resources
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Parasite immunology
PubMed ID
26121587
Repository Citation
Matar CG, Jacobs NT, Speck SH, Lamb TJ, Moormann AM. (2015). Does EBV alter the pathogenesis of malaria. University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1111/pim.12212. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1361