Nearly Half Of Children In Kenya With Common Type Of Severe Malaria Affected Neurologically

Richard Idro, M.M.E.D., of the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya and colleagues conducted a study to determine the incidence and neurological involvement of African children with acute falciparum malaria (a severe type of malaria). The study included 19,560 Kenyan children younger than 14 years with malaria. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Neurology / Neuroscience on May 28th, 2007