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SUBMITTER: Carvalho BO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3141593 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carvalho Bruna O BO Matsuda Joycenéa S JS Luz Sergio L B SL Martinez-Espinosa Flor E FE Leite Juliana A JA Franzin Fernanda F Orlandi Patrícia P PP Gregoracci Gustavo B GB Lacerda Marcus V G MV Nogueira Paulo A PA Costa Fabio T M FT
Malaria journal 20110627
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 case that occurred in the city of Manaus (Amazonas State, Brazil) and resulted in foetal loss. The patient presented placental mixed-infection by Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum after diagn ...[more]