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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |