How hidden can malaria be in pregnant women? diagnosis by microscopy, placental histology, polymerase chain reaction and detection of histidine-rich protein 2 in plasma

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1561-1568

  Mayor, Alfredo ^a,b,c   Moro, Laura ^a   Aguilar, Ruth ^a,b,c   Bardají, Azucena ^a,b,c   Cisteró, Pau ^a   Serra Casas, Elisa ^a   Sigaúque, Betuel ^b,d   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b,c   Ordi, Jaume ^a,c,e   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigaão em Saúde da Manhia   (Mozambique)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DNA; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE; RNA 18S; SULFADOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLACENTA; PLASMA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MOZAMBIQUE; PLACENTA; PLASMA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84861083649     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis236     Document Type: Article

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