What causes severe malaria and its complications in children? Lessons learned over the past 15 years.
BMC Med
; 17(1): 52, 2019 03 07.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30841892
ABSTRACT
Over the past 15 years, malaria mortality has reduced by approximately 50%. However, malaria still causes more than 400,000 deaths annually, most of which occur in African children under 5 years of age. Significant advances in understanding the pathogenesis of the disease provide a basis for future work to prevent severe malaria and its complications. Herein, we provide an overview of advances in our understanding of severe malaria in African children over the past 15 years, highlighting key complications and identifying priorities to further reduce malaria-associated mortality.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Malária
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Med
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos