What causes severe malaria and its complications in children? Lessons learned over the past 15 years

What causes severe malaria and its complications in children? Lessons learned over the past 15 years

Abstract Over the past 15 years, malaria mortality has reduced by approximately 50%. However, malaria still causes more than 400,000 deaths annually, most of which occur in African children under 5 years of age. Significant advances in understanding the pathogenesis of the disease provide a basis fo...

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Main Authors: Andrea L. Conroy, Dibyadyuti Datta, Chandy C. John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Severe malaria
Cerebral malaria
Severe malarial anemia
Pathogenesis
Plasmodium falciparum
Acute kidney injury
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-019-1291-z

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