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Seasonal Dynamics of Malaria in Pregnancy in West Africa: Evidence for Carriage of Infections Acquired Before Pregnancy Until First Contact with Antenatal Care

In malaria-endemic areas, Plasmodium falciparum prevalence is often high in young women because of 1) low use of insecticide-treated nets before their first pregnancy and 2) acquired immunity, meaning infections are asymptomatic and thus untreated. Consequently, a common source of malaria in pregnan...

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Autores principales: Berry, Isha, Walker, Patrick, Tagbor, Harry, Bojang, Kalifa, Coulibaly, Sheick Oumar, Kayentao, Kassoum, Williams, John, Oduro, Abraham, Milligan, Paul, Chandramohan, Daniel, Greenwood, Brian, Cairns, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5929207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29210351
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0620