Prevalence of congenital malaria among neonates at morogoro regional hospital, Morogoro, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mosha, Theobald C E ^a   Ntarukimana, Devote ^a   John, Matilda ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Congenital malaria; Neonate; Placenta; Pregnancy; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH LENGTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SMEAR; CONGENITAL MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; MALARIA; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 79961075114     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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