Viral CNS infections in children from a malaria-endemic area of Malawi: A prospective cohort study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Mallewa, Macpherson ^a,b,c   Vallely, Pam ^d   Faragher, Brian ^e   Banda, Dan ^c   Klapper, Paul ^d   Mukaka, Mavuto ^b   Khofi, Harriet ^b   Pensulo, Paul ^f   Taylor, Terrie ^f,g   Molyneux, Malcolm ^b   Solomon, Tom ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Blantyre Malaria Project   (Malawi)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMA; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS INFECTION; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84887579173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70060-3     Document Type: Article

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