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SUBMITTER: Ndam NT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513247 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ndam Nicaise Tuikue NT Mbuba Emmanuel E González Raquel R Cisteró Pau P Kariuki Simon S Sevene Esperança E Rupérez María M Fonseca Ana Maria AM Vala Anifa A Maculuve Sonia S Jiménez Alfons A Quintó Llorenç L Ouma Peter P Ramharter Michael M Aponte John J JJ Nhacolo Arsenio A Massougbodji Achille A Briand Valerie V Kremsner Peter G PG Mombo-Ngoma Ghyslain G Desai Meghna M Macete Eusebio E Cot Michel M Menéndez Clara C Mayor Alfredo A
BMC medicine 20170717 1
<h4>Background</h4>Resistance and tolerance to Plasmodium falciparum can determine the progression of malaria disease. However, quantitative evidence of tolerance is still limited. We investigated variations in the adverse impact of P. falciparum infections among African pregnant women under different intensities of malaria transmission.<h4>Methods</h4>P. falciparum at delivery was assessed by microscopy, quantitative PCR (qPCR) and placental histology in 946 HIV-uninfected and 768 HIV-infected ...[more]