Importance and prevention of malaria in pregnancy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-35

  Shulman, Caroline E ^a   Dorman, Edgar K ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Antimalarials; Birthweight; Chemotherapy; Insecticide treated bednets; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; INSECTICIDE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN MALARIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FETUS WASTAGE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNITY; KERNICTERUS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG EDEMA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TERATOGENICITY; TRAVEL;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038039849     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90012-5     Document Type: Note

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