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The effect of cortisone on Plasmodium berghei infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

O. Joy Roberts
O. Joy Roberts
Affiliation:
The Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Contrary to results previously published, cortisone did not cause a rapid increase of parasitaemia in mice or hamsters infected with P. berghei, and in some cases it had an inhibitory effect. The existence of a humoral agent restricting the multiplication of the parasites in the peripheral blood was suggested.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 44 , Issue 1-2 , May 1954 , pp. 58 - 64
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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