Associations between peripheral Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitemia, human immunodeficiency virus, and concurrent helminthic infection among pregnant women in Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-385

  Thigpen, Michael C ^a,b,c   Filler, Scott J ^a,b   Kazembe, Peter N ^a,b,d   Parise, Monica E ^a,b   Macheso, Allan ^a,b,e   Campbell, Carl H ^a,b,f   Newman, Robert D ^a,b,g   Steketee, Richard W ^a,b,h   Hamel, Mary ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Baylor Children's Foundation Malawi   (Malawi)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; VERMES;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; ODDS RATIO; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955668267     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0186     Document Type: Article

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