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Determining platelet counts in Malawian children and in adults during acute P. falciparum malaria and a month post treatment. Click to read..

In a cohort study, Doris K. Nyamwaya, Mark Otiende, and colleagues investigate the incidence of chikungunya virus infection-associated neurological illness among children younger than 16 years of age in Kilifi County, Kenya, between 2014-2018.

In a cohort study, Doris K. Nyamwaya, Mark Otiende, and colleagues investigate the incidence of chikungunya virus infection-associated neurological illness among children younger than 16 years of age in Kilifi County, Kenya, between 2014-2018.

While malaria morbidity and mortality have declined since 2000, viral central nervous system infections appear to be an important, underestimated cause of coma in malaria-endemic Eastern Africa. We aimed to describe the etiology of non-traumatic comas in young children in Benin, as well as their management and early outcomes, and to identify factors associated with death. From March to November 2018, we enrolled all HIV-negative children aged between 2 and 6 years, with a Blantyre Coma Score ≤ 2, in this prospective observational study. Children were screened for mal...

Reduced expression on neutrophils of adhesion molecules and activation markers during acute stages of the infection regardless of the clinical type of malaria.