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Thuma PE, Spurrier DJ, Copenhaver R: Treatment of anemia associated with acute falciparum malaria infection. Medical Journal of Zambia 14(2): 27-28, 1980

Larkin GL, Thuma PE: Congenital malaria in a hyperendemic area. Am J Trop Med & Hyg 45(5):587-592, 1991

Gordeuk VR, Thuma PE, Brittenham GM, et al: Iron chelation with desferrioxamine B in adults with asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia. Blood 79(2):308-312, 1992

Hershko C, Gordeuk VR, Thuma PE, et al: The antimalarial effect of iron chelators: studies in animal models and in humans with mild falciparum malaria. J Inorg Biochem 47(3-4):267-277, 1992

Gordeuk VR, Thuma PE, Brittenham GM, et al: Iron chelation therapy hastens recovery from deep coma in children with cerebral malaria. New Eng J Med 327:1473-1477, 1992

Gordeuk VR, Thuma PE, Brittenham GM, et al: Iron chelation as a chemotherapeutic strategy for falciparum malaria. Am J Trop Med & Hyg 48(2):193-197, 1993

Poltera AA, Bunnag D, Gordeuk V, Harinasuta T, Parry D, Thuma P: Desferal in Human Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Plzen.lek.Sborn., 1993; Suppl. 68:73-76.

Gordeuk VR, Thuma PE and Brittenham GM: Iron chelation therapy for malaria. Adv Exp Med Biol 356:371-383, 1994

Gordeuk VR, Brittenham GM and Thuma PE: Iron chelation as a chemotherapeutic strategy in the treatment of malaria. In: Development of Iron Chelators for Clinical Use, Bergeron at al, (Eds), CRC Press, 1994

Gordeuk VR, Thuma PE, McLaren CE, Biemba G, Zulu S, Poltera AA, Askin JE, Brittenham GM: Transferrin saturation and recovery from coma in cerebral malaria. Blood 85:3297-3301, 1995

Mabeza GF, Moyo VM, Thuma PE, Biemba G, Parry D, Khumalo H, Nyarguwe P, Zulu S, Gordeuk VR: Predictors of severity of illness on presentation in children with cerebral malaria. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 89:221-228, 1995

Thuma PE, Weiss G, Herold M, Gordeuk VR: Serum neopterin, interleukin-4, and interleukin-6 concentrations in cerebral malaria patients and the effect of iron chelation therapy. Am J Trop Med Hyg 54(2):164-168, 1996

Weiss G, Thuma PE, Mabeza GF, Werner ER, Herold M, Gordeuk VR. Modulatory potential of iron chelation therapy on nitric oxide formation in cerebral malaria. J Inf Dis 175:226-230, 1997

Thuma PE, Olivieri NF, Mabeza GF, Biemba G, Parry D, Zulu S, Fassos FF, McClelland RA, Koren G, Brittenham GM, Gordeuk VR. Assessment of the effect of the oral iron chelator deferiprone on asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in humans. Am J Trop Med Hyg 58:358-364, 1998

Biemba G, Gordeuk VR, Thuma PE, Mabeza GF, Weiss G. Prolonged macrophage activation and persistent anemia in children with complicated malaria. Trop Med Int Health 3:60 - 65, 1998

Weiss G, Thuma PE, Biemba G, Mabeza G, Werner ER, Gordeuk VR. Cerebrospinal fluid levels of biopterin, nitric oxide metabolites, and immune activation markers and the clinical course of human cerebral malaria. J Inf Dis 177:1064 - 1068, 1998

Thuma PE, Mabeza GF, Biemba G, Bhat GJ, McLaren CE, Moyo VM, Zulu S, Khumalo H, Mabeza P, Mhango A, Parry D, Poltera A, Brittenham G, Gordeuk VR. Effect of iron chelation therapy on mortality in Zambian children with cerebral malaria. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 92:214 - 218, 1998

van der Torn M, Thuma PE, Mabeza GF, Biemba G, Moyo VM, McLaren CE, Brittenham GM, Gordeuk VR. Loading dose of quinine in African children with cerebral malaria. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 92:325-331, 1998

Mabeza GF, Biemba G, Brennan AG, Moyo VM, Thuma PE, Gordeuk VR. The association of pallor with haemoglobin concentration and mortality in severe malaria. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 92:663-669, 1998

Dolmans DE, Thuma PE, Mabeza GF, Biemba G, Parry D, McLaren CE, Gordeuk VR. A prospective study of combination antimalarial therapy and of anaemia in Zambian children with cerebral malaria. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 93:527-531, 1999

Biemba G, Dolmans D, Thuma PE, Weiss G, Gordeuk VR. Severe anaemia in Zambian children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Trop Med Int Health 5:9 - 16, 2000

Biemba G, Gordeuk VR, Thuma PE, Weiss G. Markers of inflammation in children with severe malarial anemia. Trop Med Int Health 5:256 - 262, 2000

Thuma PE, Bhat GJ, Mabeza GF, Osbourne CM, Biemba G, Shakankale GM, Peeters PAM, Oosterhuis B, Lugt CB, Gordeuk VR. A randomized controlled trial of artemotil (ß-arteether) in Zambian children with cerebral malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg 62:524-529, 2000