Retinal Changes in Uncomplicated and Severe Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1476-1482

  Govindasamy, Gayathri ^a   Barber, Bridget E ^b   Ghani, Shuaibah A ^a   William, Timothy ^b,c,d   Grigg, Matthew J ^b   Borooah, Shyamanga ^e   Dhillon, Bal ^e   Dondorp, Arjen M ^f,g   Yeo, Tsin W ^b,h   Anstey, Nicholas M ^b,i   Maude, Richard J ^e,f,g  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Jesselton Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

ⁱ ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

malaria; plasmodium knowlesi; retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUSEN; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971667854     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv746     Document Type: Article

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