An unusual presentation of placental malaria: a single persisting nidus of sequestered parasites

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 520-523

  Muehlenbachs, Atis ^a,b   Mutabingwa, Theonest K ^a,c,d,e   Fried, Michal ^a,b   Duffy, Patrick E ^a,b,f  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e Muheza Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^f WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Histology; Malaria falciparum; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DELIVERY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; TROPICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 33846931115     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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