Submicroscopic infection of placenta by Plasmodium produces Th1/Th2 cytokine imbalance, inflammation and hypoxia in women from north-west Colombia

ABSTRACT: Background A large-scale study was set up in order to study the epidemiology, clinical aspects, and immunopathology of gestational and placental malaria in north-west Colombia. In this region, recent reports using a qPCR technique, confirmed frequencies of infection, by Plasmodium falcipar...

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Autores:

Agudelo García, Olga María
Aristizábal, Beatriz Helena
Yanow, Stephanie
Arango Flórez, Eliana María
Carmona Fonseca, Jaime
Maestre Buitrago, Amanda Elena

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2014

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/38006

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/38006

Palabra clave:

Apoptosis
Colombia
Citocinas - sangre
Cytokines - blood
Hipoxia
Hypoxia
Inflamación
Inflammation
Malaria Falciparum
Malaria Vivax
Placenta
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
Complicaciones Parasitarias del Embarazo
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
Balance Th1 - Th2
Th1-Th2 Balance
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017209
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003105
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016207
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000860
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007249
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016778
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016780
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010920
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010963
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010966
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015597
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058408

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/