Case report: Severe congenital malaria acquired in utero

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 563-565

  Poespoprodjo, Jeanne R ^a,b   Hasanuddin, Afdal ^c   Fobia, Wendelina ^d   Sugiarto, Paulus ^c   Kenangalem, Enny ^d   Lampah, Daniel A ^d   Tjitra, Emiliana ^e   Price, Ric N ^b   Anstey, Nicholas M ^b  

^a District Health Authority   (Indonesia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c RS Mitra Masayarakat ^*  (Indonesia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROQUINGHAOSU; PIPERAQUINE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; QUINOLINES;

EID: 77950937335     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0744     Document Type: Article

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