Congenital malaria: Rare but potentially fatal

Pediatric Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-248

  Harrington, Whitney E ^a   Duffy, Patrick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Chloroquine; Congenital malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Pregnancy malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRIMAQUINE; QUINIDINE; QUINIDINE GLUCONATE; QUININE; QUININE SULFATE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG APPROVAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FATALITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 44949233191     PISSN: 17455111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17455111.2.2.235     Document Type: Review

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