Quantitative assessment of multiorgan sequestration of parasites in fatal pediatric cerebral malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1317-1321

  Milner, Danny A ^a,b,e   Lee, Jonathan J ^a   Frantzreb, Charles ^a   Whitten, Richard O ^c   Kamiza, Steve ^e   Carr, Richard A ^f   Pradham, Alana ^a   Factor, Rachel E ^a   Playforth, Krupa ^a   Liomba, George ^e   Dzamalala, Charles ^e   Seydel, Karl B ^d,e   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^e,g   Taylor, Terrie E ^d,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CellNetix Pathology   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^f SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; autopsy; cerebral malaria; Malawi; pathology; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MALARIA; COMATOSE PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SPLEEN;

EID: 84943416408     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv205     Document Type: Article

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