The Retina as a Surrogate Marker for Pediatric Cerebral Malaria

Abstract

Investigators from Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Malawi; University of Liverpool, UK; Michigan State University, USA; Vancouver General Hospital, Canada; and Ophthalmology Centers in Edinburgh, UK, review the evidence for associations between retina and brain neurovasculature, and the extent to which malarial retinopathy reflects cerebrovascular damage.

Keywords

• cerebral malaria
• coma
• neuropsychological sequelae