Congenital malaria in Uraba, Colombia

ABSTRACT: Background: Congenital malaria has been considered a rare event; however, recent reports have shown frequencies ranging from 3% to 54.2% among newborns of mothers who had suffered malaria during pregnancy. There are only a few references concerning the epidemiological impact of this entity...

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Autores:
Álvarez Sánchez, Luis Gonzalo
Piñeros Jiménez, Juan Gabriel
Tobón Castaño, Alberto
Arboleda Naranjo, Margarita
Martínez Manrique, Enrique
Blair Trujillo, Silvia
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/34768
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/10495/34768
Palabra clave:
Malaria Falciparum
Malaria, Falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum
Colombia - epidemiología
Colombia - epidemiology
Sangre - parasitología
Blood - parasitology
Recién Nacido
Infant, Newborn
Malaria Vivax
Malaria, Vivax
Parasitemia
Embarazo
Pregnancy
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/