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Parasite accumulation in placenta of non-immune baboons during Plasmodium knowlesi infection

BACKGROUND: Placental malaria (PM) causes adverse pregnancy outcomes in the mother and her foetus. It is difficult to study PM directly in humans due to ethical challenges. This study set out to bridge this gap by determining the outcome of PM in non-immune baboons in order to develop a non-human pr...

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Autores principales: Onditi, Faith I, Nyamongo, Onkoba W, Omwandho, Charles O, Maina, Naomi W, Maloba, Fredrick, Farah, Idle O, King, Christopher L, Moore, Julie M, Ozwara, Hastings S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0631-5