Malaria during pregnancy in a reference centre from the Brazilian Amazon: unexpected increase in the frequency of Plasmodium falciparum infections

Malaria during pregnancy in a reference centre from the Brazilian Amazon: unexpected increase in the frequency of Plasmodium falciparum infections

Malaria remains globally the most important parasitic disease of man. Data on its deleterious effects during pregnancy have been extensively documented in hyperendemic, holoendemic, and mesoendemic areas from Africa and Asia where Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for almost all infections. Howev...

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Main Authors:	Martínez-Espinosa Flor Ernestina, Daniel-Ribeiro Cláudio Tadeu, Alecrim Wilson Duarte
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2004-01-01
Series:	Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:	malaria pregnancy Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium vivax unstable transmission Brazilian Amazon South America
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000100003

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