Transmission of plasmodium vivax in south-western Uganda: Report of three cases in pregnant women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Dhorda, Mehul ^a,b,c   Nyehangane, Dan ^a   Rénia, Laurent ^d   Piola, Patrice ^a,e   Guerin, Philippe J ^a,e   Snounou, Georges ^b,c,d  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DETECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; UGANDA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; DUFFY BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; UGANDA;

EID: 79955958624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019801     Document Type: Article

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