title: Lesson of the month 1: Post-malaria neurological syndromes.
abstract: There are three neurological syndromes that may follow -malarial infection after recovery and at a time when the patient is aparasitaemic. An acute disseminated encephalopathy; a cerebellar syndrome; and an acute demyelinating polyneuropathy. This paper reports a 42-year-old male patient who developed encephalopathy.
authors.affiliation: UK Civil Aviation Authority, Gatwick Airport South, UK.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.affiliation: UK Civil Aviation Authority, Gatwick Airport South, UK.
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jagathesan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Plasmodium falciparum malaria; encephalopathy; post-malaria ­syndromes