Clinical malaria in African pregnant women

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bardají, Azucena ^a,b   Sigauque, Betuel ^b,c   Bruni, Laia ^a   Romagosa, Cleofé ^a,b   Sanz, Sergi ^a   Mabunda, Samuel ^d   Mandomando, Inacio ^b,c   Aponte, John ^a,b   Sevene, Esperança ^e   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^e EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONVULSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLOR; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; RURAL AREA; GESTATIONAL AGE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEGRO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 40949141954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-27     Document Type: Article

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