Placental monocyte infiltrates in response to Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection and their association with adverse pregnancy outcomes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-119

  Rogerson, Stephen J ^a   Pollina, Elena ^b   Getachew, Abera ^c   Tadesse, Eyob ^c   Lema, Valentino M ^c   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; FIBRIN; PIGMENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MONOCYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037263756     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.1.0680115     Document Type: Article

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