Prevalence of malaria infection in pregnant women compared with children for tracking malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: In malarious areas, pregnant women are more likely to have detectable malaria than are their non-pregnant peers, and the excess risk of infection varies with gravidity. Pregnant women attending antenatal clinic for their first visit are a potential pragmatic sentinel group to track the i...
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Elsevier
2015-10-01
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Serija: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online dostop: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15000492 |