Elevated Levels of IL-10 and G-CSF Associated with Asymptomatic Malaria in Pregnant Women

Elevated Levels of IL-10 and G-CSF Associated with Asymptomatic Malaria in Pregnant Women

In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 30 million pregnant women are at risk of contracting malaria annually. Nearly 36% of healthy pregnant women receiving routine antenatal care tested positive for Plasmodium falciparum HRP-II antigen in Ghana. We tested the hypothesis that asymptomatic HRP II posit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nana O. Wilson, Tameka Bythwood, Wesley Solomon, Pauline Jolly, Nelly Yatich, Yi Jiang, Faisal Shuaib, Andrew A. Adjei, Winston Anderson, Jonathan K. Stiles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/317430

Internet

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/317430

Similar Items