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At 12-month follow-up, persistent neurologic deficits did not differ significantly between children with CM or NCSM (1\/47 (2.1%) vs. 2\/449 (0.4%), OR [95% CI], 5.8 [0.8, 44.7]). However, development of epilepsy, and consequently presence of neurologic sequelae, at 12-month follow-up were more frequent in children with CM than NCSM (3\/47 (6.4%) vs. 3\/449 (0.7%), OR [95% CI] 10.0 [2.2, 45.6], and 3\/47 (6.4%) vs. 5\/449 (1.1%), OR [95% CI] 6.4 [1.6, 25.1], respectively). Seven children with no neurologic deficits at discharge had new deficits at 12 months.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Neurologic sequelae, particularly epilepsy, are more common in CM than other forms of severe malaria, but occur rarely in non-cerebral severe malaria.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Impact<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Long-term neurologic sequelae in children after forms of severe malaria other than cerebral malaria (e.g., severe malarial anemia, respiratory distress, malaria with multiple seizures, and prostration) are not well-characterized.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>In the present study, long-term neurologic sequelae (persistent neurological deficits and\/or development of epilepsy after discharge over 12- month follow-up) were more common in children with cerebral malaria (6%) than in children with non-cerebral severe malaria (1%). Epilepsy was the primary driver of the differences between groups (cerebral malaria, 6%, non-cerebral severe malaria 0.7%).<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Long-term neurologic sequelae are rare in children with non-cerebral severe malaria.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41390-026-05280-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,4]],"date-time":"2026-07-04T17:46:32Z","timestamp":1783187192000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Neurologic sequelae of cerebral malaria and other forms of severe malaria in children"],"prefix":"10.1038","author":[{"given":"Allen E.","family":"Okullo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Idro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael Boele","family":"van Hensbroek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Goings","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simple","family":"Ouma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gloria","family":"Kyarisiima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Douglas","family":"Postels","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruth","family":"Namazzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Robert","family":"Opoka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chandy C.","family":"John","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"5280_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"10","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-3156.2005.01518.x","volume":"11","author":"R Idro","year":"2006","unstructured":"Idro, R. et al. 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