"Malaria, Cerebral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition characterized by somnolence or coma in the presence of an acute infection with PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM (and rarely other Plasmodium species). Initial clinical manifestations include HEADACHES; SEIZURES; and alterations of mentation followed by a rapid progression to COMA. Pathologic features include cerebral capillaries filled with parasitized erythrocytes and multiple small foci of cortical and subcortical necrosis. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p136)
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D016779
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MeSH Number(s) |
C03.105.300.500 C03.752.530.620 C10.228.228.205.300.500
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2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2018 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malaria, Cerebral" by people in Profiles.
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Co-infection of hepatitis E virus and Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A genuine risk in sub-Saharan Africa. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Apr 20; 14(1):215.
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Parasitic Infections of the Nervous System. Semin Neurol. 2019 06; 39(3):358-368.
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A long-term follow-up study on otoacoustic emissions testing in paediatric patients with severe malaria in Gabon. Malar J. 2019 Jun 24; 18(1):212.
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The blood transcriptome of childhood malaria. EBioMedicine. 2019 Feb; 40:614-625.
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HVEM and CD160: Regulators of Immunopathology During Malaria Blood-Stage. Front Immunol. 2018; 9:2611.
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Proteomic profiling of the plasma of Gambian children with cerebral malaria. Malar J. 2018 Sep 24; 17(1):337.
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Post-malaria neurological syndrome: Imported case series and literature review to unscramble the auto-immune hypothesis. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019 May - Jun; 29:16-20.
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A Plasmodium Cross-Stage Antigen Contributes to the Development of Experimental Cerebral Malaria. Front Immunol. 2018; 9:1875.
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Cerebrospinal fluid Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 in pediatric cerebral malaria. Malar J. 2018 Mar 23; 17(1):125.
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Doxycycline inhibits experimental cerebral malaria by reducing inflammatory immune reactions and tissue-degrading mediators. PLoS One. 2018; 13(2):e0192717.