Pregnancy outcome and placenta pathology in Plasmodium berghei ANKA infected mice reproduce the pathogenesis of severe malaria in pregnant women.

Pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) is expressed in a range of clinical complications that include increased disease severity in pregnant women, decreased fetal viability, intra-uterine growth retardation, low birth weight and infant mortality. The physiopathology of malaria in pregnancy is difficult...

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Main Authors: Rita Neres, Claudio R F Marinho, Lígia A Gonçalves, Manuela Beirão Catarino, Carlos Penha-Gonçalves
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e40648fa3f1244e0b3e7e7cc308f7a84
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