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Non-traumatic coma in young children in Benin: are viral and bacterial infections gaining ground on cerebral malaria?

BACKGROUND: While malaria morbidity and mortality have declined since 2000, viral central nervous system infections appear to be an important, underestimated cause of coma in malaria-endemic Eastern Africa. We aimed to describe the etiology of non-traumatic comas in young children in Benin, as well...

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Autores principales: Brisset, Josselin, Angendu Baki, Karl, Watier, Laurence, Kinkpé, Elisée, Bailly, Justine, Ayédadjou, Linda, Alao, Maroufou Jules, Dossou-Dagba, Ida, Bertin, Gwladys I., Cot, Michel, Boumédiène, Farid, Ajzenberg, Daniel, Aubouy, Agnès, Houzé, Sandrine, Faucher, Jean-François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8919613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35287726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-00956-2