Plasma angiopoietin-2 is associated with age-related deficits in cognitive sub-scales in Ugandan children following severe malaria

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Benson J. Ouma, Paul Bangirana, John M. Ssenkusu, Dibyadyuti Datta, Robert O. Opoka, Richard Idro, Kevin C. Kain, Chandy C. John, Andrea L. Conroy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Angiopoietin-2; Severe malaria; Cognition; Children; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Mullen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03545-6; https://doaj.org/article/336cc6a2e397413ea27600dfafdda385

Abstract Background Elevated angiopoietin-2 (Angpt-2) concentrations are associated with worse overall neurocognitive function in severe malaria survivors, but the specific domains affected have not been elucidated. Methods Ugandan children with severe malaria underwent neurocognitive evaluation a w...