Molecular detection of malaria at delivery reveals a high frequency of submicroscopic infections and associated placental damage in pregnant women from northwest Colombia
ABSTRACT: Plasmodium infection in pregnancy causes substantial maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. In Colombia, both P. falciparum and P. vivax are endemic, but the impact of either species on pregnancy is largely unknown in this country. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 96 preg...
- Autores:
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Arango Flórez, Eliana María
Agudelo García, Olga María
Carmona Fonseca, Jaime
Maestre Buitrago, Amanda Elena
Samuel, Roshini
Yanow, Stephanie K.
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2013
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/32096
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10495/32096
- Palabra clave:
- Colombia - epidemiología
Colombia - epidemiology
Estudios Transversales
Cross-Sectional Studies
Transmisión Vertical de Enfermedad Infecciosa
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Malaria
Malaria Vivax
Malaria, Vivax
Malaria Falciparum
Malaria, Falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
Embarazo
Pregnancy
Complicaciones Parasitarias del Embarazo
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/