1.
Neuro Endocrinol Lett
; 28 Suppl 3: 35-6, 2007 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18030278
RESUMO
Malaria should not be present in altitudes more than 1,800 m a.s.l. However due to global warming, highlands malaria (HM) occurs up to 2,000 m. The purpose of this study is comparison of clinical picture and prognosis of HM and compare it to malaria in endemic region of southern Sudan (endemic malaria - EM) among hyper-immune population.
Assuntos
Altitude , Malária/epidemiologia , Amodiaquina/uso terapêutico , Antimaláricos/uso terapêutico , Artemisininas/uso terapêutico , Artesunato , Quimioterapia Combinada , Doenças Endêmicas , Efeito Estufa , Humanos , Quênia/epidemiologia , Malária/diagnóstico , Malária/terapia , Prognóstico , Sesquiterpenos/uso terapêutico , Sudão/epidemiologia , Resultado do Tratamento
2.
Neuro Endocrinol Lett
; 28 Suppl 2: 45-6, 2007 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17558381
RESUMO
Two hundred-sixty-one (261) cases of cerebral malaria within last 8 years from 3 tropical clinics in South Sudan were analyzed. Coma was present at 79.8% and convulsions at 25.6%. However 90.5% of children were cured. Commonest antimalarial drugs used were intravenous quinine, clindamycin, artesunate and artemeter.