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Heterologous Infection of Pregnant Mice Induces Low Birth Weight and Modifies Offspring Susceptibility to Malaria

Pregnancy malaria (PM) is associated with poor pregnancy outcomes, and can arise due to relapse, recrudescence or a re-infection with heterologous parasites. We have used the Plasmodium chabaudi model of pregnancy malaria in C57BL/6 mice to examine recrudescence and heterologous infection using CB a...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Ankur, Conteh, Solomon, Langhorne, Jean, Duffy, Patrick E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27467392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160120