Prevalence and predictors of asymptomatic malaria parasitemia among pregnant women in the rural surroundings of Arbaminch Town, South Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Nega, Desalegn ^a   Dana, Daniel ^b   Tefera, Tamirat ^b   Eshetu, Teferi ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIGRAVIDA; NAMED GROUPS BY PREGNANCY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RURAL AREA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SECUNDGRAVIDA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RURAL POPULATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927558650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123630     Document Type: Article

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