| elevated levels of methaemoglobin in tanzanian children with severe and uncomplicated malaria. | elevated levels of methaemoglobin, the ferric form of haemoglobin incapable of oxygen transport, have been previously found during plasmodium vivax infections and in acidotic infants. we measured methaemoglobin in the following 5 groups of children with p. falciparum malaria admitted to muhimbili medical centre, dar es salaam, tanzania. (i) cerebral malaria (cm) with unrousable coma (n = 50), including 32 with complete recovery (cmcr) and 18 with death or neurological sequelae (cmds); (ii) malar ... | 1996 | 8761575 |