| Literature DB >> 7927799 |
Abstract
Severe hypoglycemia developed during nonlethal Plasmodium chabaudi and lethal P. yoelii blood stage malaria infection in mice, always in association with hyperinsulinemia. Supernatants of lethal P. yoelii incubated overnight induced hypoglycemia and hyperinsulinemia in normal mice. In murine malaria, hypoglycemia may be largely secondary to increased insulin secretion.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7927799 PMCID: PMC303239 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.11.5157-5160.1994
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441