Malaria symptoms fade on repeat infections due to loss of immune cells
Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
Children who repeatedly become infected with malaria often experience no clinical symptoms with these subsequent infections, and a team of scientists has discovered that this might be due at least in part to a depletion of specific types of immune cells. Additionally, researchers speculate that malaria infection, by reshaping immune responses, might influence susceptibility to, and protection from, other infectious diseases.