Severe Imported Falciparum Malaria: A Cohort Study in 400 Critically Ill Adults

2010173 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Fabrice Bruneel · Centre Hospitalier de Versailles

Florence Tubach · Inserm

P. Corne · Hôpital Gui de Chauliac

Bruno Mégarbane · Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

Jean‐Paul Mira · Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

E. Peytel · Hôpital Laveran

Christophe Camus ·

Abstract

In a large population of adults treated in a non-endemic industrialized country, severe malaria still carried a high mortality rate. Our data, including predictors of death, can probably be generalized to other non-endemic countries where high-quality healthcare is available.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Mosquito-borne diseases and control Parasites and Host Interactions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 5, Issue 10, pp. e13236-e13236

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013236

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 12.45