… rate of severe malaria is in the region of 50%, then approximately 2% of clinical attacks of
malaria in African children are severe (Fig. 2). What is special about these children and how do …

… processes leading to severe malaria are probably … African children. This review will
focus on the latter group as they account for around 90% of the worldwide load of severe-malarial …

… , diarrhoea and vaccinepreventable diseases, called the Africa Child Survival Initiative … in
13 African countries, 12 of whichare endemic for malaria. The project's malaria control strategy …

… the WHO guidelines on severe malaria that no single definition of severe disease will be …
African children: the first should aim to define in detail the pathophysiologic elements of severe …

… of children with severe malaria presenting with severe anaemia … children respectively in
the two areas. In the moderate transmission area, the proportion of patients with severe malaria …

… more frequent in African children diagnosed with severe malaria. Approximately 6% of children
hospitalized with a diagnosis of severe falciparum malaria in Africa are also bacteraemic […

… outcome from severe malaria. … African children (<15 years) with severe malaria participated
in a randomized comparison of parenteral artesunate and parenteral quinine in 9 African …

… that a child will be admitted to hospital with severe malaria before his or her 10th birthday. If
the epidemiologial features of severe malaria were consistent across sub-Saharan Africa we …

… central feature of severe malaria and the major … severe malaria through a series of clinical
scenarios that reflect more accurately the clinical diversity of severe malaria in African children. …

… We initially searched for data on severe malaria among children in Africa, then studies
elsewhere, in adults or non-severe malaria if these were relevant. All abstracts were read; if there …