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Adverse Obstetric Outcomes among Women with Placental Malaria from Peri-Urban Ghana

Siakwa, Mate; Kpikpitse, Dzigbodi; Azanu, Wisdom; Ampofo, Evelyn A.; Doe, Patience F.; Asamoah, Isaac; Kuganab-Lem, R. B.; Ebu, Nancy I. (University of Cape Coast, 2016-01)

Placental malaria (PM) poses a major threat to both the mother and the unborn child. Maternal anemia and intrauterine growth retardation are major consequences of PM. The risk of dying from malaria is also higher among ...
IgG Responses to the Plasmodium falciparum Antigen VAR2CSA in Colombia Are Restricted to Pregnancy and Are Not Induced by Exposure to Plasmodium vivax

Lopez-Perez, Mary; Larsen, Mads Delbo; Bayarri-Olmos, Rafael; Ampomah, Paulina; Stevenson, Liz; Arévalo-Herrera, Myriam; Herrera, Sócrates; Hviida, Lars (University of Cape Coast, 2018-05-18)

Clinical immunity to malaria is associated with the acquisition of IgG speciﬁc for members of the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) family of clonally variant antigens on the surface of infected ...
The Impact of Placental Malaria on the Neonate: A Case Control Study from a High Malaria Transmission Area in Ghana.

Siakwa, Mate; Kpikpitse, Dzigbodi; Wisdom, Azanu; Asamoah, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2016-01)

Neonatal mortality is high in Ghana and among the major causes infection is second to preterm birth. The contribution of malaria infection to neonatal mortality desire more rigorous investigation considering the fact ...

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