Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "cerebral malaria"
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The Role of Animal Models for Research on Severe Malaria
(Public Library of Science, 2012)In light of the recent controversies over the role of animal models for research into the development of new treatments for severe malaria, particularly cerebral disease, a group of scientists came together to discuss the ... -
Severity of Retinopathy Parallels the Degree of Parasite Sequestration in the Eyes and Brains of Malawian Children With Fatal Cerebral Malaria
(Oxford University Press, 2014)Background. Malarial retinopathy (MR) has diagnostic and prognostic value in children with Plasmodium falciparum cerebral malaria (CM). A clinicopathological correlation between observed retinal changes during life and the ... -
The systemic pathology of cerebral malaria in African children
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2014)Pediatric cerebral malaria carries a high mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa. We present our systematic analysis of the descriptive and quantitative histopathology of all organs sampled from a series of 103 autopsies ...