Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnant women in the Chittagong Hill Districts of Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Khan, Wasif A ^a   Galagan, Sean R ^b   Prue, Chai Shwai ^a   Khyang, Jacob ^a   Ahmed, Sabeena ^a   Ram, Malathi ^b   Alam, Mohammad Shafiul ^a   Haq, M Zahirul ^a   Akter, Jasmin ^a   Glass, Gregory ^b   Norris, Douglas E ^b   Shields, Timothy ^b   Sack, David A ^b   Sullivan Jr , David J ^b   Nyunt, Myaing M ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TEST STRIP; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901410297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098442     Document Type: Article

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