Prevalence and risk factors of Plasmodium falciparum infections in pregnant women of Luanda, Angola

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1206-1214

  Valente, Bianor ^a   Campos, Paulo A ^a,b   Do Rosário, Virgílio E ^a   Varandas, Luis ^a   Silveira, Henrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Agostinho Neto   (Angola)

Author keywords

Angola; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

AGE CLASS; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BIOASSAY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH POLICY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGOLA; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; ODDS RATIO; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

ANGOLA; LUANDA [ANGOLA];

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80052878447     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02830.x     Document Type: Article

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