A histological method for quantifying Plasmodium falciparum in the brain in fatal paediatric cerebral malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Milner, Danny A ^a,b   Valim, Clarissa ^b   Carr, Richard A ^c   Chandak, Pankaj B ^d   Fosiko, Nedson G ^e   Whitten, Richard ^f   Playforth, Krupa B ^g   Seydel, Karl B ^h   Kamiza, Steve ^e   Molyneux, Malcolm E ⁱ   Taylor, Terrie E ^h  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^f CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Autopsy; Cerebral Malaria; Histology; Paediatric; Plasmodium Falciparum; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE);

EID: 84878659133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-191     Document Type: Article

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