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Cerebral malaria (with convulsions) in an African child
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Updates in central nervous system malaria: literature review and considerations
INTRODUCTION. Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a protozoan, a parasitic microorganism of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.Infected mosquitoes are called "malaria vectors" and the disease is defined as a vector-borne and zoonotic infection [].Malaria is a major worldwide health issue representing the primary ...
Cerebral Malaria: Current Clinical and Immunological Aspects
Abstract. This review focuses on current clinical and immunological aspects of cerebral malaria induced by Plasmodium falciparum infection. Albeit many issues concerning the inflammatory responses remain unresolved and need further investigations, current knowledge of the underlying molecular mechanisms is highlighted.
Updates in central nervous system malaria: literature review and
Purpose of review: Cerebral malaria (CM) represents one of the most common and severe complications of Plasmodium falciparum infection, leading to high morbidity and mortality along with challenging sequelae, especially in children. Recent findings: Although CM pathogenesis remains unclear due to the few studies made and the difficulty to analyze affected patients, there are valid theories ...
Diagnosis of cerebral malaria: Tools to reduce
Background. Malaria, a blood-borne parasitic disease, is a devastating illness that caused 247 million cases globally in 2021, increasing from the 227 million reported in 2019, and still predominantly affecting African paediatric populations ().Caused by apicomplexan parasites of the Plasmodium genus, the greatest burden is found in tropical and subtropical parts of the world; approximately ...
Malaria
In cerebral malaria, ... there is an increasing amount of literature on the impressive efficacy of dihydroartemisinin ... References 1-3 comprehensively review malaria biology and the disease.
Cerebral Malaria: Mechanisms of Brain Injury and Strategies for
Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of infection with Plasmodium falciparum. With >575,000 cases annually, children in sub-Saharan Africa are the most affected.
PDF REVIEW ARTICLE Cerebral Malaria: Mechanisms of Brain Injury and
In this article, we review studies that have provided current ... In adults, cerebral malaria is part of a multiorgan disease. Patients develop fever, headache, body ache, and, progres- ...
Human cerebral malaria: 2019 mini review
During severe malaria, both in endemic and non-endemic areas, cerebral malaria is strongly associated with mortality and morbidity. The main mechanisms of cerebral malaria combine sequestration of parasitized red blood cells in brain capillaries, production of cytokines, immune cell/platelet accumulation, and release of microparticules, finally ...
Association of cerebral malaria and TNF-α levels: a systematic review
Background: Cerebral malaria is the most severe form of infection with Plasmodium falciparum characterized by a highly inflammatory response. This systematic review aimed to investigate the association between TNF-α levels and cerebral malaria. Methods: This review followed the Preferred Reporting of Systematic Review and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
Malaria
This documentary video discusses the epidemiology of malaria; strategies for prevention, including vector control and vaccines; and the pipeline of promising new drugs for the fight to eliminate ma...
Association of severe malaria with cognitive and behavioural outcomes
The quality of studies was assessed. Definitions of severe malaria included cerebral malaria, severe malarial anaemia, and author-defined severe malaria. Results from all studies were qualitatively summarized. ... and published on December 7, 2022. The literature review for non-severe malaria outcomes will be submitted for publication ...
Severe malaria. Current concepts and practical overview ...
Severe malaria is a life-threatening multi-organ disease and causes serious global health care problem. This review provides the most current concepts, contemporary issues and recent developments in the understanding and management of this potentially fatal disease and offers practical directions to those involved in the care of such patients.
Clinical presentation and immunological features of Post-Malaria
Malaria still represents a major health threat, in terms of both morbidity and mortality. Complications of malaria present a diversified clinical spectrum, with neurological involvement leading to the most serious related-conditions. The authors recently encountered a case of a 60-year old Italian man presenting with confusion, language disturbances and Parkinson-like syndrome 3 weeks ...
Cerebral Malaria; Mechanisms Of Brain Injury And Strategies For
Epidemiology. Falciparum malaria is a leading cause of ill health, neuro-disability and death in tropical countries. Although 40% of the world's population is at risk, most transmission occurs in sub-Saharan Africa where children under the age of 5 years are most affected and the incidence of disease declines in older children with increasing immunity.
Malaria
Malaria is a disease of tropical and subtropical regions, having been eradicated from temperate countries steadily over the last 100 years. It is transmitted by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Disease incidence depends on environmental suitability for local vectors in terms of altitude, climate, vegetation, and implementation of control measures, and hence is inextricably linked to ...
Post-malarial neurological syndrome in a Gambian ...
The search engines used were Google, Yahoo and Google scholar. A total of 62 papers were found. These were used for this review of the literature. Cerebral malaria also occurs in adults in holo-endemic areas though rare and some of the survivors may develop PMNS. It is commoner in the youth age group.
Review: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Malaria in the US
Importance Malaria is caused by protozoa parasites of the genus Plasmodium and is diagnosed in approximately 2000 people in the US each year who have returned from visiting regions with endemic malaria. The mortality rate from malaria is approximately 0.3% in the US and 0.26% worldwide. Observations In the US, most malaria is diagnosed in people who traveled to an endemic region.
Changes in brain metabolites in experimental cerebral malaria ...
In this paper, we have collected the findings of available literature focusing on brain metabolites by spectroscopy in the murine model of cerebral malaria disease. The literature search for experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) and spectroscopy using National Institute of Health's PubMed database provided us with 9 peer-reviewed publications.
Malaria: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis in ...
The clinical manifestations of malaria vary with parasite species, epidemiology, immunity, and age. Issues related to clinical manifestations and diagnosis of malaria will be reviewed here. Technical aspects of laboratory tools for diagnosis of malaria are discussed further separately. The epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of ...
Malaria Related Neurocognitive Deficits and Behavioral Alterations
Survivors of cerebral malaria, the most severe and lethal complication of the disease, might develop neurological, cognitive and behavioral sequelae. ... The aim of this mini review is to provide an overview on the state of art and on the available knowledge in the literature on neurocognitive and behavioral damage associated to malaria. There ...
Climate change, malaria and neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review
Based on the volume of literature meeting the inclusion criteria, papers were further grouped by disease into malaria, dengue and chikungunya, other vector-borne NTDs and other non-vector-borne NTDs. ... Of all potential outcomes framed for this review, those related to malaria, dengue and chikungunya, and the leishmaniases, were the most ...
New research flags the urgent need for research and evidence on the
The World Health Organization's (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Malaria, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), has released a major scoping review published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The review of 42 693 articles reveals that there is not yet sufficient understanding of the actual and potential ...
Severe malaria
Severe malaria is a medical emergency. It is a major cause of preventable childhood death in tropical countries. Severe malaria justifies considerable global investment in malaria control and elimination yet, increasingly, international agencies, funders and policy makers are unfamiliar with it, and so it is overlooked. In sub-Saharan Africa, severe malaria is overdiagnosed in clinical practice.
Severe outcomes of malaria in children under time-varying ...
Severe pediatric malaria remains a concern in many countries. Here, the authors use an individual-based modeling approach to evaluate the relationship between malaria prevalence and incidence of ...
Spatio-temporal characterization of phenotypic resistance in malaria
Malaria, a deadly disease caused by Plasmodium protozoa parasite and transmitted through bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, remains a significant public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts to eliminate malaria have increasingly focused on vector control using insecticides. However, the emergence of insecticide resistance (IR) in malaria vectors pose a formidable ...
Volumetric microscopy of cerebral arteries with a ...
To address these challenges, we have developed a neuro OCT (nOCT) probe—a flexible, miniaturized, endoscopic device, paired with a high-speed imaging system, featuring a larger field of view, devised for the human cerebrovasculature ().We hypothesized that nOCT could overcome the limitations of the existing imaging catheters, enabling a reliable, safe, and effective use in arteries of the brain.
Clinical review: Severe malaria
The major complications of severe malaria include cerebral malaria, pulmonary edema, acute renal failure, severe anemia, and/or bleeding. Acidosis and hypoglycemia are the most common metabolic complications. ... Blum PG, Stephens D. Severe falciparum malaria in five soldiers from East Timor: a case series and literature review. Anaesth ...
WHO Review Reveals Need for Research on Climate Change ...
The scoping review assessed the impact of climate change on malaria and NTDs by analyzing peer-reviewed papers and grey literature published between January 2010 and October 2023. Researchers summarized the data and analyzed the distribution of studies by country, correlating the number of publications with national disease burdens, HAQI scores ...
Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by five protozoa: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale, and most recently implicated P.knowlesi. Infection with P. falciparum is being accounted for more than 90% of the world's malaria mortality and therefore remains an important threat to public health on a global scale.[1][2] The World Health Organization (WHO) World Malaria ...
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INTRODUCTION. Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a protozoan, a parasitic microorganism of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.Infected mosquitoes are called "malaria vectors" and the disease is defined as a vector-borne and zoonotic infection [].Malaria is a major worldwide health issue representing the primary ...
Abstract. This review focuses on current clinical and immunological aspects of cerebral malaria induced by Plasmodium falciparum infection. Albeit many issues concerning the inflammatory responses remain unresolved and need further investigations, current knowledge of the underlying molecular mechanisms is highlighted.
Purpose of review: Cerebral malaria (CM) represents one of the most common and severe complications of Plasmodium falciparum infection, leading to high morbidity and mortality along with challenging sequelae, especially in children. Recent findings: Although CM pathogenesis remains unclear due to the few studies made and the difficulty to analyze affected patients, there are valid theories ...
Background. Malaria, a blood-borne parasitic disease, is a devastating illness that caused 247 million cases globally in 2021, increasing from the 227 million reported in 2019, and still predominantly affecting African paediatric populations ().Caused by apicomplexan parasites of the Plasmodium genus, the greatest burden is found in tropical and subtropical parts of the world; approximately ...
In cerebral malaria, ... there is an increasing amount of literature on the impressive efficacy of dihydroartemisinin ... References 1-3 comprehensively review malaria biology and the disease.
Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of infection with Plasmodium falciparum. With >575,000 cases annually, children in sub-Saharan Africa are the most affected.
In this article, we review studies that have provided current ... In adults, cerebral malaria is part of a multiorgan disease. Patients develop fever, headache, body ache, and, progres- ...
During severe malaria, both in endemic and non-endemic areas, cerebral malaria is strongly associated with mortality and morbidity. The main mechanisms of cerebral malaria combine sequestration of parasitized red blood cells in brain capillaries, production of cytokines, immune cell/platelet accumulation, and release of microparticules, finally ...
Background: Cerebral malaria is the most severe form of infection with Plasmodium falciparum characterized by a highly inflammatory response. This systematic review aimed to investigate the association between TNF-α levels and cerebral malaria. Methods: This review followed the Preferred Reporting of Systematic Review and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
This documentary video discusses the epidemiology of malaria; strategies for prevention, including vector control and vaccines; and the pipeline of promising new drugs for the fight to eliminate ma...
The quality of studies was assessed. Definitions of severe malaria included cerebral malaria, severe malarial anaemia, and author-defined severe malaria. Results from all studies were qualitatively summarized. ... and published on December 7, 2022. The literature review for non-severe malaria outcomes will be submitted for publication ...
Severe malaria is a life-threatening multi-organ disease and causes serious global health care problem. This review provides the most current concepts, contemporary issues and recent developments in the understanding and management of this potentially fatal disease and offers practical directions to those involved in the care of such patients.
Malaria still represents a major health threat, in terms of both morbidity and mortality. Complications of malaria present a diversified clinical spectrum, with neurological involvement leading to the most serious related-conditions. The authors recently encountered a case of a 60-year old Italian man presenting with confusion, language disturbances and Parkinson-like syndrome 3 weeks ...
Epidemiology. Falciparum malaria is a leading cause of ill health, neuro-disability and death in tropical countries. Although 40% of the world's population is at risk, most transmission occurs in sub-Saharan Africa where children under the age of 5 years are most affected and the incidence of disease declines in older children with increasing immunity.
Malaria is a disease of tropical and subtropical regions, having been eradicated from temperate countries steadily over the last 100 years. It is transmitted by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Disease incidence depends on environmental suitability for local vectors in terms of altitude, climate, vegetation, and implementation of control measures, and hence is inextricably linked to ...
The search engines used were Google, Yahoo and Google scholar. A total of 62 papers were found. These were used for this review of the literature. Cerebral malaria also occurs in adults in holo-endemic areas though rare and some of the survivors may develop PMNS. It is commoner in the youth age group.
Importance Malaria is caused by protozoa parasites of the genus Plasmodium and is diagnosed in approximately 2000 people in the US each year who have returned from visiting regions with endemic malaria. The mortality rate from malaria is approximately 0.3% in the US and 0.26% worldwide. Observations In the US, most malaria is diagnosed in people who traveled to an endemic region.
In this paper, we have collected the findings of available literature focusing on brain metabolites by spectroscopy in the murine model of cerebral malaria disease. The literature search for experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) and spectroscopy using National Institute of Health's PubMed database provided us with 9 peer-reviewed publications.
The clinical manifestations of malaria vary with parasite species, epidemiology, immunity, and age. Issues related to clinical manifestations and diagnosis of malaria will be reviewed here. Technical aspects of laboratory tools for diagnosis of malaria are discussed further separately. The epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of ...
Survivors of cerebral malaria, the most severe and lethal complication of the disease, might develop neurological, cognitive and behavioral sequelae. ... The aim of this mini review is to provide an overview on the state of art and on the available knowledge in the literature on neurocognitive and behavioral damage associated to malaria. There ...
Based on the volume of literature meeting the inclusion criteria, papers were further grouped by disease into malaria, dengue and chikungunya, other vector-borne NTDs and other non-vector-borne NTDs. ... Of all potential outcomes framed for this review, those related to malaria, dengue and chikungunya, and the leishmaniases, were the most ...
The World Health Organization's (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Malaria, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), has released a major scoping review published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The review of 42 693 articles reveals that there is not yet sufficient understanding of the actual and potential ...
Severe malaria is a medical emergency. It is a major cause of preventable childhood death in tropical countries. Severe malaria justifies considerable global investment in malaria control and elimination yet, increasingly, international agencies, funders and policy makers are unfamiliar with it, and so it is overlooked. In sub-Saharan Africa, severe malaria is overdiagnosed in clinical practice.
Severe pediatric malaria remains a concern in many countries. Here, the authors use an individual-based modeling approach to evaluate the relationship between malaria prevalence and incidence of ...
Malaria, a deadly disease caused by Plasmodium protozoa parasite and transmitted through bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, remains a significant public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts to eliminate malaria have increasingly focused on vector control using insecticides. However, the emergence of insecticide resistance (IR) in malaria vectors pose a formidable ...
To address these challenges, we have developed a neuro OCT (nOCT) probe—a flexible, miniaturized, endoscopic device, paired with a high-speed imaging system, featuring a larger field of view, devised for the human cerebrovasculature ().We hypothesized that nOCT could overcome the limitations of the existing imaging catheters, enabling a reliable, safe, and effective use in arteries of the brain.
The major complications of severe malaria include cerebral malaria, pulmonary edema, acute renal failure, severe anemia, and/or bleeding. Acidosis and hypoglycemia are the most common metabolic complications. ... Blum PG, Stephens D. Severe falciparum malaria in five soldiers from East Timor: a case series and literature review. Anaesth ...
The scoping review assessed the impact of climate change on malaria and NTDs by analyzing peer-reviewed papers and grey literature published between January 2010 and October 2023. Researchers summarized the data and analyzed the distribution of studies by country, correlating the number of publications with national disease burdens, HAQI scores ...
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by five protozoa: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale, and most recently implicated P.knowlesi. Infection with P. falciparum is being accounted for more than 90% of the world's malaria mortality and therefore remains an important threat to public health on a global scale.[1][2] The World Health Organization (WHO) World Malaria ...