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Maternal Malaria and Gravidity Interact to Modify Infant Susceptibility to Malaria

BACKGROUND: In endemic areas, placental malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum is most frequent and severe in first-time mothers, and increases the risk of infant mortality in their offspring. Placental malaria may increase the susceptibility of infants to malaria parasitemia, but evidence for this ef...

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Autores principales: Mutabingwa, Theonest K, Bolla, Melissa C, Li, Jin-Long, Domingo, Gonzalo J, Li, Xiaohong, Fried, Michal, Duffy, Patrick E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1277932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16259531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020407