Performance Characteristics of Combinations of Host Biomarkers to Identify Women with Occult Placental Malaria: A Case-Control Study from Malawi

BACKGROUND: Because of its propensity to sequester in the placental intervillous space, Plasmodium falciparum can evade detection by peripheral smear in women with placental malaria (PM). We evaluated host biomarkers as potential indicators of occult PM infections. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Using a case...

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Autores principales: Conroy, Andrea L., Liles, W. Conrad, Molyneux, Malcolm E., Rogerson, Stephen J., Kain, Kevin C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028540

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028540

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