Unraveling the impact of malaria exposure before birth.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19636354.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000117 and PMC identifier 2707622.
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Abstract
Lars Hviid discusses a research article in <i>PLoS Medicine</i> that explores whether prenatal exposure to malaria is associated with increased susceptibility to malarial infection and anemia in infancy.
Medical subject headings
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Maternal-Fetal Exchange
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic