Transplacental passage of Plasmodium falciparum and seroevaluation of newborns in northern Nigeria

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 741-745

  Egwunyenga, O A ^a,b   Ajayi, J A ^a   Duhlinska Popova, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031301488     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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