Incidence of clinical malaria in pregnant women exposed to intense perennial transmission

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-170

  Diagne, N ^a   Rogier, C ^b   Cisse, B ^b   Trape, J F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Incidence; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; SENEGAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030938657     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90209-1     Document Type: Article

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