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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Naveed Aziz
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2594 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PloS one 20100415 4
<h4>Background</h4>Safe, cheap and effective adjunct therapies preventing the development of, or reducing the mortality from, severe malaria could have considerable and rapid public health impact. Oral activated charcoal (oAC) is a safe and well tolerated treatment for acute poisoning, more recently shown to have significant immunomodulatory effects in man. In preparation for possible efficacy trials in human malaria, we sought to determine whether oAC would i) reduce mortality due to experiment ...[more]