Gestational malaria associated to Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum placental mixed-infection followed by foetal loss: a case report from an unstable transmission area in Brazil

Gestational malaria is a multi-factorial syndrome leading to poor outcomes for both the mother and foetus. Although an unusual increasing in the number of hospitalizations caused by Plasmodium vivax has been reported in Brazil, mortality is rarely observed. This is a report of a gestational malaria...

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Published in:	Malaria journal Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 178
Main Authors:	Carvalho, Bruna O, Matsuda, Joycenéa S, Luz, Sergio L B, Martinez-Espinosa, Flor E, Leite, Juliana A, Franzin, Fernanda, Orlandi, Patrícia P, Gregoracci, Gustavo B, Lacerda, Marcus V G, Nogueira, Paulo A, Costa, Fabio T M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central Ltd 27-06-2011 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Abortion, Septic Anemia Birth weight Brazil Care and treatment Case Report Case reports Case studies Comorbidity Complications and side effects Consent Deoxyribonucleic acid Diagnosis Disease transmission DNA Family medical history Female Fetuses Foetus Genetic testing Health aspects Heart rate Hospitals Human diseases Humans Infections Malaria Malaria, Falciparum - complications Malaria, Falciparum - diagnosis Malaria, Vivax - complications Malaria, Vivax - diagnosis Microscopic analysis Microscopy Nucleotide sequence Parasites Pathology Patient outcomes PCR Peripheral blood Placenta Placenta - parasitology Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium falciparum - isolation & purification Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium vivax - isolation & purification Polymerase Chain Reaction Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis Pregnant women Risk factors Stillbirth Tropism Tropisms Ultrasonic imaging Vector-borne diseases Women Womens health Young Adult Brazil
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