Augustina Frimpong
Augustina Frimpong
1West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
3African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Accra, Ghana
1,2,3,*,
Jones Amponsah
Jones Amponsah
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2,
Abigail Sena Adjokatseh
Abigail Sena Adjokatseh
4Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
4,
Dorothy Agyemang
Dorothy Agyemang
4Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
4,
Lutterodt Bentum-Ennin
Lutterodt Bentum-Ennin
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2,
Ebenezer Addo Ofori
Ebenezer Addo Ofori
1West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
1,2,
Eric Kyei-Baafour
Eric Kyei-Baafour
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2,
Kwadwo Akyea-Mensah
Kwadwo Akyea-Mensah
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2,
Bright Adu
Bright Adu
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2,
Gloria Ivy Mensah
Gloria Ivy Mensah
5Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
5,
Linda Eva Amoah
Linda Eva Amoah
1West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
1,2,
Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi
Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi
1West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
4Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
1,2,4,*
1West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
3African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Accra, Ghana
4Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
5Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Edited and reviewed by: Rachel Daniels, Harvard University, United States
✉*Correspondence: Augustina Frimpong afrimpong@noguchi.ug.edu.gh; tinafrimp@gmail.com
*Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi akusi@noguchi.ug.edu.gh
This article was submitted to Microbial Immunology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology
Received 2021 Mar 26; Accepted 2021 Apr 20; Collection date 2021.
Keywords: microscopic, Plasmodium, anti-inflammatory cytokines, pro-inflammatory cytokines, asymptomatic malaria, submicroscopic
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