Neurological sequelae in pediatric cerebral malaria: the Indian perspective.

Sir, I read an interesting case report entitled, “Expressive aphasia: An isolated and reversible copmlication of cerebral malaria in a child” published in June 2012 issue of our esteemed journal (J Vector Borne Dis 49(2); p. 117– 8) by Maini and colleagues. It is worth appreciation as authors have pointed out that “there is paucity of literature on post-cerebral malaria expressive aphasia in children from Indian subcontinent and neurological deficits are known to be higher in children than adults, in cerebral malaria. There is a need to create Indian epidemiological database of aphasia and other neurological deficits due to cerebral malaria, especially in children”. With acknowledging the efforts made by the authors I would like to share my views: