Journal article
Malaria: severe, life-threatening.
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INTRODUCTION: Severe malaria mainly affects children under 5 years old, non-immune travellers, migrants to malarial areas, and people living in areas with unstable or seasonal malaria. Cerebral malaria, causing encephalopathy and coma, is fatal in around 20% of children and adults, and neurological sequelae may occur in some survivors. Severe malarial anaemia may have a mortality rate of over 13%. METHODS AND OUTCOMES: We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinica...
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- Journal:
- Clinical evidence
- Volume:
- 2011
- Publication date:
- 2011-01-01
- EISSN:
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1752-8526
- Source identifiers:
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124314
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:124314
- UUID:
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uuid:6a8197cf-a699-4e28-9148-41dd144837e9
- Local pid:
- pubs:124314
- Deposit date:
- 2013-02-20
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- Copyright date:
- 2011
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