Association of low birth weight and placental malarial infection in Nigeria

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 620-623

  Aribodor, Dennis N ^a   Nwaorgu, Obioma C ^a   Eneanya, Christine I ^a   Okoli, Ikechukwu ^b   Pukkila Worley, Reed ^b   Etaga, Harrison O ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Malaria; Newborns; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 73349101916     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.554     Document Type: Article

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