Plasmodium malariae in Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Chittagong Hill Districts of Bangladesh
BACKGROUND Pregnancy is a known risk factor for malaria which is associated with increased maternal and infant mortality and morbidity in areas of moderate-high malaria transmission intensity where Plasmodium falciparum predominates. The nature and impact of malaria, however, is not well understood in pregnant women residing in areas of low, unstable malaria transmission where P. falciparum and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2072-3105,2070-1810
DOI: 10.3329/bjmm.v5i2.16936