The Relationship between Age and the Manifestations of and Mortality Associated with Severe Malaria

2008282 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Arjen M. Dondorp · University of Oxford

Sue J. Lee · University of Oxford

M A Faiz · Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

Saroj K. Mishra · Ispat General Hospital

Ric N. Price · Charles Darwin University

Emiliana Tjitra · Ministry of Health

Marlar Than

Abstract

Presenting syndromes in severe malaria depend on age, although the incidence and the strong prognostic significance of coma and acidosis are similar at all ages. Age is an independent risk factor for a fatal outcome of the disease.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 47, Issue 2, pp. 151-157

DOI: 10.1086/589287

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