Table 1.

Diagnosis of Cerebral Malaria

Diagnostic method	References
Thin and thick blood smears	[3]
Rapid diagnostic test (RDT)	[3]
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	[3]
Malaria retinopathy	[174, 175, 176]
Lumbar puncture	[177]
Fundoscopy (direct and indirect retinoscopy)	[142, 174]
Electroencephalogram (EEG)	[314]
Cerebral fluid sample (CFS)	[315]
Cerebral imaging (MRI)	[316]