Respiratory distress develops in up to 25% of adults and 40% of children with severe
falciparum malaria. Its diverse causes include respiratory compensation of metabolic …

Vivax malaria was historically described as 'benign tertian malaria'because individual
clinical episodes were less likely to cause severe illness than Plasmodium falciparum …

Severe falciparum malaria (SM) is associated with tissue ischemia related to cytoadherence
of parasitized erythrocytes to microvascular endothelium and reduced levels of NO and its …

Malaria is an ancient disease that continues to cause enormous human morbidity and
mortality. The life cycle of the causative parasite involves multiple tissues in two distinct host …

Background. The mechanisms underlying lung injury in vivax malaria are not well
understood. Inflammatory responses to Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, to our …

Pediatric cerebral malaria carries a high mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa. We present our
systematic analysis of the descriptive and quantitative histopathology of all organs sampled …

Background Malaria chemoprophylaxis prevents the occurrence of the symptoms of malaria.
Travellers to high-risk Plasmodium falciparum endemic areas need an effective …

Malaria remains a highly prevalent disease in more than 90 countries and accounts for at
least 1 million deaths every year. Plasmodium falciparum infection is often associated with a …

Malaria is an important treatable cause of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS) in the tropics and in the returning traveller in the non-endemic …

Malaria-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (MA-ARDS) is an increasingly
reported, often lethal, and incompletely understood complication of malaria. We discuss and …