Transmission of plasmodium vivax in south-western Uganda: Report of three cases in pregnant women

• Main Authors: Dhorda M., Nyehangane D., Rénia L., Piola P., Guerin P.J., Snounou G.
• Other Authors: MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: pyrimethamine; adult; antimalarial drug resistance; article; blood group Duffy system; case report; female; gene mutation; human; microorganism detection; microscopy; nonhuman; parasite detection; parasite identification; parasite prevalence; parasite transmission; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium ovale; Plasmodium vivax; Plasmodium vivax malaria; polymerase chain reaction; pregnant woman; Uganda; Africa south of the Sahara; cohort analysis; disease transmission; drug resistance; erythrocyte; genetics; isolation and purification; longitudinal study; parasitology; pathogenicity; pregnancy; pregnancy complication; Plasmodium parasites; Africa South of the Sahara; Cohort Studies; Drug Resistance; Duffy Blood-Group System; Erythrocytes; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Malaria, Vivax; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/165591

10.1371/journal.pone.0019801