Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum malaria and low birth weight in an area of unstable malaria transmission in Central Sudan

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mohammed, Amal H ^a   Salih, Magdi M ^b   Elhassan, Elhassan M ^c   Mohmmed, Ahmed A ^d   Elzaki, Salah E ^e   El Sayed, Badria B ^e   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^d NATIONAL RIBAT UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^e TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Parasite; Placenta; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; Submicroscopic infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UMBILICAL CORD; ADULT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878232132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-172     Document Type: Article

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