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malaria is a disease brought about by a msquitoe as a vector of the virus. The Malaria Falciparum strain particularly exhibits Cerebral malaria where the neurologic functions are affected in the person. The symptoms usually include febrile seizures, changes in consciousness and paralysis.
This typically happens in Plasmodium falciparum infection. When the malaria advances, the parasites affect the red blood cells on large scale. These infected red blood cells clog the capillaries of brain. So the blood supply of he brain is adversely affected and patient goes in coma. This condition is called as cerebral malaria. You have to take it as a medical emergency. High mortality is associated with this condition.

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