Monocytes and macrophages and placental malaria infections in an area of unstable malaria transmission in eastern Sudan

• Main Authors: Adam Gamal K (Author), Mohmmed Ahmed A (Author), Mohammed Amal H (Author), Salih Magdi M (Author), Elbashir Mustafa I (Author), Adam Ishag (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Maternal immunity is thought to play a major role in the increased susceptibility of pregnant women to <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>malaria. Few studies exist on immunohistochemical characterization of the placental inf...