A morphometric and histological study of placental malaria shows significant changes to villous architecture in both Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infection.

A morphometric and histological study of placental malaria shows significant changes to villous architecture in both Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infection.

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BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy remains a major health problem. Placental malaria infection may cause pathophysiological changes in pregnancy and result in morphological changes to placental villi. Quantitative histomorphological image analysis of placental biopsies was performed to compare placent...

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Main Authors: Chaikitgosiyakul, S, Rijken, M, Muehlenbachs, A, Lee, S, Chaisri, U, Viriyavejakul, P, Turner, G, Pongponratn, E, Nosten, F, Mcgready, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2014

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