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Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections and multiplicity of infection in matched peripheral, placental and umbilical cord blood samples from Gabonese women.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Sept 2004
Mayengue Pembe Issamou, Rieth Horst, Khattab Ayman, Issifou Saadou, Kremsner Peter G, Klinkert Mo-Quen, Ntoumi Francine
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Summary In malaria-endemic regions, pregnant women are more susceptible to malarial infections than non-pregnant women. The main objective of this study, which was conducted in the malaria hyperendemic town of Lambaréné (Gabon, Central Africa), was to characterize Plasmodium falciparum infections in peripheral, placental and cord blood from women of different gravidities with submicroscopic infections. Using the...
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