Pregnancy-specific malarial immunity and risk of malaria in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review

In endemic areas, pregnant women are highly susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum malaria characterized by the accumulation of parasitized red blood cells (pRBC) in the placenta. In subsequent pregnancies, women d...

Source: BMC Medicine - January 16, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Julia C. Cutts, Paul A. Agius, Zaw Lin, Rosanna Powell, Kerryn Moore, Bridget Draper, Julie A. Simpson and Freya J. I. Fowkes Tags: Research article Source Type: research