Malaria in pregnancy in the Asia-Pacific region

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-88

  Rijken, Marcus J ^a   McGready, Rose ^a,b,c   Boel, Machteld E ^a   Poespoprodjo, Rini ^d,e   Singh, Neeru ^f,g   Syafruddin, Din ^h   Rogerson, Stephen ⁱ   Nosten, François ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e Mimika District Health Authority   (Indonesia)

^f INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^h EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Indonesia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; INSECT REPELLENT; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS DISTRESS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; LUNG EDEMA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIA, WESTERN; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 84055192692     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70315-2     Document Type: Review

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