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Using an Improved Phagocytosis Assay to Evaluate the Effect of HIV on Specific Antibodies to Pregnancy-Associated Malaria

BACKGROUND: Pregnant women residing in malaria endemic areas are highly susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum malaria, particularly during their first pregnancy, resulting in low birth weight babies and maternal anaemia. This susceptibility is associated with placental sequestration of parasitised re...

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Autores principales: Ataíde, Ricardo, Hasang, Wina, Wilson, Danny W., Beeson, James G., Mwapasa, Victor, Molyneux, Malcolm E., Meshnick, Steven R., Rogerson, Stephen J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010807