Interleukin-10 and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor II are potential biomarkers of Plasmodium falciparum infections in pregnant women: a case-control study from Nanoro, Burkina Faso

• Main Authors: E. Ruizendaal (Author), H. D. F. H. Schallig (Author), J. Bradley (Author), M. Traore-Coulibaly (Author), P. Lompo (Author), U. d'Alessandro (Author), S. Scott (Author), F. Njie (Author), S. H. Zango (Author), O. Sawadogo (Author), M. D. de Jong (Author), H. Tinto (Author), P. F. Mens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Diagnosis of malaria in pregnancy is problematic due to the low sensitivity of conventional diagnostic tests (rapid diagnostic test and microscopy), which is exacerbated due to low peripheral parasite densities, and lack of clinical symptoms. In this study, six potential biomarke...