| infectious aetiology of jaundice among pregnant women in angola. | the contribution of viral hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and malaria to jaundice among pregnant women in luanda, angola, was studied. 20 pregnant women with jaundice (cases) were identified in 2 large maternity hospitals and compared with 40 pregnant women without jaundice (controls). among the cases 6 patients died, whereas no death occurred in the control group (p < 0.001). five spontaneous abortions and 6 stillbirths were also noted among the cases, implying foetal lo ... | 2003 | 12953953 |
| plasmodium falciparum isolates from angola show the stctvmnt haplotype in the pfcrt gene. | effective treatment remains a mainstay of malaria control, but it is unfortunately strongly compromised by drug resistance, particularly in plasmodium falciparum, the most important human malaria parasite. although p. falciparum chemoresistance is well recognized all over the world, limited data are available on the distribution and prevalence of pfcrt and pfmdr1 haplotypes that mediate resistance to commonly used drugs and that show distinct geographic differences. | 2010 | 20565881 |