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- Title
Supraorbital postmortem brain sampling for definitive quantitative confirmation of cerebral sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum parasites.
- Authors
Milner, Danny A, Jr; Valim, Clarissa; Luo, Robert; Playforth, Krupa B; Kamiza, Steve; Molyneux, Malcolm E; Seydel, Karl B; Taylor, Terrie E
- Abstract
The conventional clinical case definition of cerebral malaria (CM) is imprecise but specificity is improved by a definitive clinical feature such as retinopathy or confirming sequestration of parasites in a post-mortem examination of the brain. A full autopsy is often not possible, since it is costly and may encounter resistance of the deceased's family.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2012, Vol 205, Issue 10, p1601
- ISSN
1537-6613
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/jis001