Lymphocyte changes in acute malaria.
Lymphocyte sub-populations were studied in children with acute malaria. Depletion of T cells was found associated with an increased proportion of null cells. K cell activity for chicken red cells was also increased and it is likely that some of the increased number of null cells were K cells. An increase in K cell activity in acute malaria could be part of a protective immune response.
D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D001402:B-Lymphocytes; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes