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

• Main Authors: Josselin Brisset (Author), Karl Angendu Baki (Author), Laurence Watier (Author), Elisée Kinkpé (Author), Justine Bailly (Author), Linda Ayédadjou (Author), Maroufou Jules Alao (Author), Ida Dossou-Dagba (Author), Gwladys I. Bertin (Author), Michel Cot (Author), Farid Boumédiène (Author), Daniel Ajzenberg (Author), Agnès Aubouy (Author), Sandrine Houzé (Author), Jean-François Faucher (Author), NeuroCM Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract 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,...