Elevated plasma interleukin-8 as a risk factor for mortality in children presenting with cerebral malaria

This study identified risk factors for Cerebral #malaria(CM) death among specific variables of inflammatory and oxidative responses to improve our understanding of CM pathogenesis. https://t.co/er7BTCAib9

RT @bloodSparasites: Elevated plasma interleukin-8 as a risk factor for mortality in children presenting with cerebral #malaria https://t.c…

Elevated plasma interleukin-8 as a risk factor for mortality in children presenting with cerebral #malaria https://t.co/fOFBE2ojap PubMed

https://t.co/ukeoGBm4M6 In this article, they used ration level measurements to look at the elevated risk of mortality in children with cerebral malaria. I found it interesting that one of the main factors that contributed to death was a higher IL-8 level