title: Retinopathy in Gambian children admitted to hospital with malaria.
abstract: A characteristic retinopathy associated with a poor prognosis has previously been described in African children with established cerebral malaria. However, relatively little is known about retinal abnormalities in children with severe non-cerebral malaria, the group most at risk of developing the cerebral complications of this disease. In this study the prevalence, pattern, clinical significance and accessibility to clinical examination of this characteristic retinopathy are described in 106 Gambian children admitted consecutively to hospital with severe malaria, including six with established cerebral malaria.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia. matthew.burton@lshtm.ac.uk
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Omondi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nyong'o
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Wilhelmina
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Ebenezer
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Inkoom
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pinder
authors.forename: Tumani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Corrah
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005714:Gambia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*