Plasmodium vivax malaria among pregnant women in Eastern Sudan
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*Corresponding author: Ishag Adam, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, P. O. Box 102, Khartoum, Sudan. Tel: +249912168988 Fax: +249183771211 E-mail: [email protected] The study protocol was performed according to the Helsinki declaration and approved by Research Board at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan. Informed written consent was obtained from Ministry of Health, Kassala, Sudan. The journal implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited international editorial board members.
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