Absence of association between sickle trait hemoglobin and placental malaria outcomes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1002-1007

  Patel, Jaymin C ^a   Mwapasa, Victor ^b   Kalilani, Linda ^b   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^c   Khairallah, Carole ^c   Thwai, Kyaw L ^a   Meshnick, Steven R ^a   Taylor, Steve M ^a,d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN S; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DRUG COMBINATION; FANASIL, PYRIMETHAMINE DRUG COMBINATION; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SULFADOXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966667979     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0672     Document Type: Article

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