Placental Malaria in Colombia: Histopathologic Findings in Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum Infections

ABSTRACT: Studies on gestational malaria and placental malaria have been scarce in malaria-endemic areas of the Western Hemisphere. To describe the histopathology of placental malaria in Colombia, a longitudinal descriptive study was conducted. In this study, 179 placentas were studied by histologic...

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Autores:

Carmona Fonseca, Jaime
Arango Flórez, Eliana María
Maestre Buitrago, Amanda Elena

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2013

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/32101

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/32101

Palabra clave:

Colombia - epidemiología
Colombia - epidemiology
Estudios de Casos y Controles
Case-Control Studies
Enfermedades Endémicas
Endemic Diseases
Malaria Falciparum
Malaria, Falciparum
Malaria Vivax
Malaria, Vivax
Placenta
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
Embarazo
Pregnancy

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openAccess

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/