Investigation of methemoglobin contribution in host pathology and drug toxicity during malaria

Abstract

Malaria is the second most infectious disease and leads to heavy economic loss in the underdeveloped and developing countries In severe malaria cases multiorgan failure is one of the common problems which is often misinterpreted due to the lack of malaria pathology In our lab we have tried to identify the contribution of small molecules in malaria pathology and this thesis work specifically focuses on the role of methemoglobin in malaria The thesis work presented here was divided into five