Malaria’s Hidden Toll: The Disease That Keeps Damaging Children’s Brains for a Decade
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By the time a child recovers from cerebral malaria, the worst seems to be over. The seizures have stopped. The coma has lifted. The parasites are gone. Parents, exhausted with relief, take their child home from hospital. But something may have changed inside that small skull, quietly and permanently, in ways that won’t become fully visible for years.
A study published this week in JAMA followed 889 Ugandan children for up to 15 years after they had survived severe malaria as toddlers, and
A study published this week in JAMA followed 889 Ugandan children for up to 15 years after they had survived severe malaria as toddlers, and
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