Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Subject "Cerebral malaria"

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    • Cerebral malaria in children is associated with long-term cognitive impairment 

      Chandy, C. John; Bangirana, P.; Byarugaba, Justus; Opoka, Robert O.; Idro, Richard; Jurek, Anne M.; Wu, Baolin; Boivin, Michael John (2008)
      OBJECTIVE. Cerebral malaria affects 785 000 African children every year. We previously documented an increased frequency of cognitive impairment in children with cerebral malaria 6 months after their initial malaria ...

    • Cognitive impairment after cerebral malaria in children: a prospective study 

      Boivin, Michael J.; Bangirana, Paul; Byarugaba, Justus; Opoka, Robert O.; Idro, Richard; Jurek, Anne M.; Chandy, C. John (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007-01-15)
      OBJECTIVE. This study was conducted to assess prospectively the frequency of cognitive deficits in children with cerebral malaria. METHODS. Cognitive testing in the areas of working memory, attention, and learning was ...

    • Malaria hospitalisation in East Africa: age, phenotype and transmission intensity 

      Kamau, Alice; Paton, Robert S.; Akech, Samuel; Mpimbaza, Arthur; Khazenzi, Cynthia; Ogero, Morris; Mumo, Eda; Alegana, Victor A.; Agweyu, Ambrose; Mturi, Neema; Mohammed, Shebe; Bigogo, Godfrey; Audi, Allan; Kapisi, James; Sserwanga, Asadu; Namuganga, Jane F.; Kariuki, Simon; Otieno, Nancy A.; Nyawanda, Bryan O.; Olotu, Ally; Salim, Nahya; Athuman, Thabit; Abdulla, Salim; Mohamed, Amina F.; Mtove, George; Reyburn, Hugh; Gupta, Sunetra; Lourenço, José; Bejon, Philip; Snow, Robert W. (BMC, 2022)
      Background: Understanding the age patterns of disease is necessary to target interventions to maximize cost-effective impact. New malaria chemoprevention and vaccine initiatives target young children attending routine ...

    • Seizure activity and neurological sequelae in Ugandan children who have survived an episode of cerebral malaria 

      Opoka, Robert O.; Bangirana, Paul; Boivin, Michael J.; Chandy, C. John; Byarugaba, Justus (African Health Sciences, 2009)
      Background: Seizures are a common presenting feature in children with cerebral malaria (CM) and neurologic deficits have been described in survivors of CM. However few prospective studies have described the frequency of ...

    • Some aspects of malaria in Mulago Hospital 

      Masembe, Rachel N (1974)
      Thirty patients with malaria were studied. Seven had cerebral malaria, ten severe and thirteen non-severe malaria. Age ranged from seven weeks to eight years with equal sex distribution. All were febrile except two infants ...