Investigating causal pathways in severe falciparum malaria: A pooled retrospective analysis of clinical studies.
Stije J LeopoldJames A WatsonAtthanee JeeyapantJulie Anne SimpsonNguyen H PhuTran T HienNicholas Philip John DayArjen M DondorpNicholas J WhitePublished in: PLoS medicine (2019)
These data suggest that moderate anaemia is associated with a reduced risk of death in severe falciparum malaria. This is possibly a direct causal association. The severe anaemia threshold criteria for a definition of severe falciparum malaria should be reconsidered.