Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a pregnant woman six months after stay in an endemic area

David, K.P.; Petersen, J.E.; Arpi, M.

Ugeskrift for Laeger 160(33): 4778-4779

1998


ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782
PMID: 9715661
Document Number: 487757
A case of P. falciparum malaria in a 22 year old West African primigravida with no possible exposure to malaria seven months before detection and six months before the infection became symptomatic is presented. We connect the altered immunity against malaria induced by the pregnancy with the presence of subclinical low-level persistent parasitaemia in semi-immune individuals from areas with intense malaria transmission.

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