Malaria

A life-threatening parasitic disease caused by <i>Plasmodium</i> (<i>P. </i>) parasites that are transmitted by <i>Anophles</i> mosquito bites to humans and is typically clinically characterized by attacks of fever, headache, chills and vomiting.

Tremor

An unintentional, oscillating to-and-fro muscle movement about a joint axis.


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PMID (PMCID)
12522765
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Postmalaria neurological syndrome: two cases from the Gambia.
Lawn SD, Flanagan KL, Wright SG, Doherty TF, Godfrey-Faussett P.
Clin Infect Dis. 2003;36(2):e29-31.
We describe 2 patients with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria whose convalescence was complicated by fever, with acute confusion and acalculia in one patient and a triad of myoclonus, tremor, and dysphasia in the other.
11686639
 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Mercury pollution in the Tapajos River basin, Amazon: mercury level of head hair and health effects.
Harada M, Nakanishi J, Yasoda E, Pinheiro MC, Oikawa T, de Assis Guimaraes G, da Silva Cardoso B, Kizaki T, Ohno H.
Environ Int. 2001;27(4):285-90.
Moreover, in view of the absence of other diseases (e.g., alcoholism or malaria), a high intake of fish containing a methylmercury level, and high hair mercury levels in addition to the various symptoms such as sensory disturbance (especially glove-and-stocking type, which is characteristic of Minamata disease), tremor, failure in two-point discrimination, and slight balancing failure, several subjects examined were diagnosed with mild Minamata disease.