Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in malaria

Malaria is an important treatable cause of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the tropics and in the returning traveller in the non-endemic areas. ARDS is an important complication in severe, complicated falciparum malaria and has been described in P. vivax a...

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Main Authors: Alladi Mohan, Surendra K. Sharma, Srinivas Bollineni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2008-08-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/453179.pdf