Evidence from a natural experiment that malaria parasitemia is pathogenic in retinopathy-negative cerebral malaria

Evidence from a natural experiment that malaria parasitemia is pathogenic in retinopathy-negative cerebral malaria

Cerebral malaria (CM) can be classified as retinopathy-positive or retinopathy-negative, based on the presence or absence of characteristic retinal features. While malaria parasites are considered central to the pathogenesis of retinopathy-positive CM, their contribution to retinopathy-negative CM i...

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Main Authors: Dylan S Small, Terrie E Taylor, Douglas G Postels, Nicholas AV Beare, Jing Cheng, Ian JC MacCormick, Karl B Seydel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-06-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
cerebral malaria
pathogenesis
malarial retinopathy
natural experiment
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/23699

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