Scientists solve 100-year-old cerebral malaria mystery using neuroimaging techniques
E-Mail Scientists have shown for the first time that cerebral malaria causes death in adults by triggering oxygen-deprivation in the brain, in new research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Already available treatments, such as hypothermia, may slow brain oxygen-deprivation in cerebral malaria patients. The researchers say these neuronal survival-enhancing approaches could soon be trialled in adults with cerebral malaria, alongside existing anti-malarial treatments, to hopefully improve survival. In 2019, there were an estimated 229 million cases of malaria worldwide. The estimate...
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