Cerebral Malaria Retinopathy Predictors of Persisting Neurocognitive Outcomes in Malawian Children

Background Neuropsychological sequelae from pediatric cerebral malaria (CM) have been well documented. Although malaria-specific retinopathy during acute illness has become a defining criterion for CM, its relationship to neurocognitive sequelae has not been documented. This relationship is important if malaria-specific retinopathy reflects the possible brain neuropathogenesis leading to long-term neurocognitive deficits.