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1 day ago · Cerebral malaria is defined as a severe P. falciparum-malaria presenting with neurological symptoms, including coma (with a Glasgow coma scale less than 11, or a Blantyre coma scale less than 3), or with a coma that lasts longer than 30 minutes after a seizure.
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May 6, 2024 · Malaria is an infection caused by a parasite that almost always is transmitted by mosquitoes. What happens if you get malaria is that you usually get sick. The first symptoms of malaria may appear anywhere from within one week after infection to within one year or more.
Apr 24, 2024 · Malaria can be a severe, potentially fatal disease, especially when caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Ensure prompt diagnosis followed by immediate treatment. The treatment regimen depends on infecting plasmodium species, patient's clinical status, drug-resistance status, and previous use of antimalarials. In the absence of prompt diagnosis and ...
May 10, 2024 · It is this latter complication—known as cerebral malaria and manifested by confusion, convulsions, and coma—that frequently kills victims of P. falciparum malaria. Several strains of P. falciparum have developed that are resistant to some of the drugs used to treat or prevent malaria.
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May 14, 2024 · Recent work has assessed the empirical relationship between community prevalence and the risk of severe malaria syndromes, namely severe anemia, cerebral malaria, and respiratory distress...
Apr 26, 2024 · Monoclonal antibodies, the newest product class for the prevention of malaria and one that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is investing in, are molecules that are identified in and cloned ...
May 1, 2024 · Blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption is a central feature of cerebral malaria (CM), a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) infections. In CM, sequestration of Pf-infected red blood cells (Pf-iRBCs) to brain endothelial cells combined with inflammation, hemolysis, microvasculature obstruction and endothelial dysfunction mediates ...
