A quantitative analysis of the microvascular sequestration of malaria parasites in the human brain.
Microvascular sequestration was assessed in the brains of 50 Thai and Vietnamese patients who died from severe malaria (Plasmodium falciparum, 49; P. vivax, 1). Malaria parasites were sequestered in 46 cases; in 3 intravascular malaria pigment but no parasites were evident; and in the P. vivax case...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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