Microscopic and sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum infection, but not inflammation caused by infection, is associated with low birth weight

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 798-803

  Adegnika, Ayôla Akim ^a,b,c   Verweij, Jaco J ^a   Agnandji, Selidji T ^b,c   Chai, Sanders K ^b   Breitling, Lutz Ph ^b,d   Ramharter, Michael ^b,c   Frolich, Marijke ^a   Issifou, Saadou ^b,c   Kremsner, Peter G ^b,c   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GABON; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 38549129001     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.798     Document Type: Article

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