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View larger version (65K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. A 40-year-old Nigerian woman with a history of malaria was admitted at 36 weeks of pregnancy after 4 days of intermittent fever, with temperatures up to 40°C (104°F), and lower abdominal pain. The base-line fetal heart rate was 108 beats per minute, with late decelerations. An emergency cesarean section was performed, and a healthy-appearing baby boy was born, with Apgar scores of 6 at one minute and 9 at five minutes. Maternal malaria due to a mixed infection with Plasmodium falciparum and P. malariae was diagnosed on the basis of a peripheral-blood smear. The mother was treated . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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