An unusual presentation of placental malaria: a single persisting nidus of sequestered parasites

dc.contributor.author	Mutabingwa, Theonest K.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-08T06:07:03Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-08T06:07:03Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description.abstract	Summary: Placental malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum is a public health concern in tropical countries. Peripheral blood smears to detect placental malaria are often negative, and recrudescences are common during pregnancy. We erformed placental histology on a series of firsttime mothers delivering in an area endemic for P falciparum. A single nidus of malaria-infected erythrocytes was identified by placental histology in a single intervillous space from a woman who had no other evidence of peripheral or placental blood parasitemia. This finding suggests ring stage–infected erythrocytes sequester in vivo, or Pfalciparum can persist as a dormant blood stage form.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Muehlenbachs, A., Mutabingwa, T.K., Fried, M. and Duffy, P.E., 2007. An unusual presentation of placental malaria: a single persisting nidus of sequestered parasites. Human pathology, 38(3), pp.520-523.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	doi.org/10.1016/j.humpath.2006.09.016
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/614
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Human pathology	en_US
dc.subject	Malaria-falciparum	en_US
dc.subject	Pregnancy	en_US
dc.subject	Placenta	en_US
dc.title	An unusual presentation of placental malaria: a single persisting nidus of sequestered parasites	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US