An ultrastructural study of the brain in fatal Plasmodium falciparum malaria

• Main Authors: Emsri Pongponratn, Gareth D.H. Turner, Nicholas P.J. Day, Nguyen Hoan Phu, Julie A. Simpson, Kasia Stepniewska, Nguyen Thi Hoan Mai, Parnpen Viriyavejakul, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Tran Tinh Hien, David J.P. Ferguson, Nicholas J. White
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/20880

Cerebral malaria (CM) is a major cause of death in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria. We present quantitative electron microscopic findings of the neuropathologic features in a prospective clinicopathologic study of 65 patients who died of severe malaria in Thailand and Vietnam. Sequestration of...