Intermittent Preventive Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Treatment of Primigravidae Reduces Levels of Plasma Immunoglobulin G, Which Protects against Pregnancy-Associated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

Pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) is an important cause of maternal and neonatal suffering. It is caused by Plasmodium falciparum capable of inhabiting the placenta through expression of particular variant surface antigens (VSA) with affinity for proteoglycans such as chondroitin sulfate A. Protect...

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Main Authors: Staalsoe, Trine, Shulman, Caroline E, Dorman, Edgar K., Kawuondo, Ken, Marsh, Kevin, Hviid, Lars
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
Subjects:
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC517429/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15321995
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.72.9.5027-5030.2004
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