Performance characteristics of combinations of host biomarkers to identify women with occult placental malaria: a case-control study from Malawi.

Because of its propensity to sequester in the placental intervillous space, Plasmodium falciparum can evade detection by peripheral smear in women with placental malaria (PM). We evaluated host biomarkers as potential indicators of occult PM infections.Using a case-control design, we evaluated the a...

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Main Authors: Andrea L Conroy, W Conrad Liles, Malcolm E Molyneux, Stephen J Rogerson, Kevin C Kain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3236186?pdf=render