- Abstract:
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BACKGROUND: Fever in pregnancy is dangerous for both mother and foetus. In the 1980's malaria was the leading cause of death in pregnant women in refugee camps on the Thai-Burmese border. Artemisinin combination therapy has significantly reduced the incidence of malaria in the population. The remaining causes of fever in pregnancy are not well documented. METHODOLOGY: Pregnant women attending antenatal care, where weekly screening for malaria is routine, were invited to have a comprehensive c...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Publisher's Version
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- e888
- Publication date:
- 2010-11-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2010-10-20
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1935-2735
- ISSN:
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1935-2727
- URN:
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uuid:dc8717e2-6087-4a28-87d2-dc7a0a0940c8
- Source identifiers:
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97285
- Local pid:
- pubs:97285
- Copyright holder:
- McGready et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2010
- Notes:
- © 2010 McGready et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Arthropod borne disease: the leading cause of fever in pregnancy on the Thai-Burmese border
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