Congenital Plasmodium falciparum infection in neonates in Muheza District, Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mwangoka, Grace W ^a   Kimera, Sharadhuli I ^b   Mboera, Leonard E G ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FETUS BLOOD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE;

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TANZANIA;

EID: 47649113906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-117     Document Type: Article

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