Cerebral malaria (CM) caused by Plasmodium falciparum is a fatal neurological
complication of malaria, resulting in coma and death, and even survivors may suffer long …

Infectious diseases may affect brain function and cause encephalopathy even when the
pathogen does not directly infect the central nervous system, known as infectious disease …

Systemic inflammation, neurovascular dysfunction, and coagulopathy often occur
concurrently in neuropathologies. Neutrophils and platelets have crucial synergistic roles in …

Reorganization of host red blood cells by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
enables their sequestration via attachment to the microvasculature. This artificially increases …

Cerebral malaria (CM) is one of the leading causes of death due to malaria. It is
characterised by coma, presence of asexual parasites in blood smear, and absence of any …

Infectious diseases of different etiologies have been associated with acute and long-term
neurological consequences. The primary cause of these consequences appears to be an …

Typical of tropical and subtropical regions, malaria is caused by protozoa of the genus
Plasmodium and is, still today, despite all efforts and advances in controlling the disease, a …

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the majority of
mortality and morbidity caused by malaria infection and differs from other human malaria …

Many parasitic diseases (including cerebral malaria, human African trypanosomiasis,
cerebral toxoplasmosis, neurocysticercosis and neuroschistosomiasis) feature acute or …

Background Individuals with high Loa loa microfilarial densities are at risk of developing
severe encephalopathy after administration of antiparasitic drugs. Apart from this finding …