Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in pregnancy in Ghana
Open Access
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 5 (3), 167-173
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00532.x
Abstract
Summary Malarial parasitaemia below the threshold of microscopy but detectable by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays is common in endemic regions. This study was conducted to examine prevalence, ...Keywords
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