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Eligibility criteria for recruitment into study groups
| Group no. | Group name (abbreviation) | Result for criteriona: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPS | BCS | Hb (g/dl) | HIV | ||
| 1 | Cerebral malaria (CM) | Positive | ≤2 | >5 | −ve |
| 2 | Severe malarial anemia (SMA) | Positive | 5 | ≤5 | −ve |
| 3 | Uncomplicated malaria (UCM) | Positive | 5 | >5 | −ve |
| 4 | Healthy controls | Negative | 5 | >5 | −ve |
Abbreviations: MPS, malaria parasite slide; BCS, Blantyre coma score at presentation and 4 h later; Hb, hemoglobin; HIV, HIV status; −ve, uninfected.
