Sumadhya Deepika Fernando|Chaturaka Rodrigo|Senaka Rajapakse
The 'hidden' burden of malaria: cognitive impairment following infection
University of Colombo|National Hospital of Sri Lanka|University of Colombo
burden postmalaria cognitive impairment often overlooked given large number infections occurring worldwide magnitude problem likely substantial objectives paper assess evidence post malarial cognitive impairment impact school education ii assess possible positive impact malaria drug prophylaxis cognition iii suggest recommendations minimizing burden postmalarial cognitive impairmentpubmed scopus searched articles key word malaria title field cognitive impairment field google scholar searched keywords anywhere article search restricted articles published english within last 15 years 19952010 filtering abstracts initial search 44 papers research evidence topiccognitive abilities school performance shown impaired subgroups patients either cerebral malaria uncomplicated malaria compared healthy controls studies comparing cognitive functions treatment acute malarial illness continued show significantly impaired school performance cognitive abilities even recovery malaria prophylaxis shown improve cognitive function school performance clinical trials compared placebo groups implications findings discussed