Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women attending antenatal care in Luanda, Angola;Infecção por Plasmodium falciparum em mulheres grávidas em consultas pré-natal em Luanda, Angola

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-374

  de Campos, Paulo Adão ^a,b   Valente, Bianor ^a   Campos, Rosa Bessa ^c   Gonçalves, Luzia ^a,d   Rosário, Virgílio Estóliodo ^a   Varandas, Luís ^a   Silveira, Henrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Agostinho Neto   (Angola)

^c Hospital Geral Especializado Augusto Ngangula   (Angola)

^d Center of Statistics Applications of Lisbon University CEAUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Africa; Malaria; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Stable transmission

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGOLA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SULFADOXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84863811427     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822012000300017     Document Type: Article

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