Malaria in pregnancy poses a great health risk to mother and her fetus and results into
complications, such as abortion, still birth, intra uterine growth retardation, and low birth …

Placental malaria (PM) due to Plasmodium falciparum is a major cause of maternal, fetal
and infant mortality, but the mechanisms of pathogenesis and protective immunity are …

Pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) is a serious consequence of sequestration of
Plasmodium falciparum-parasitized erythrocytes (PE) in the placenta through adhesion to …

Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains one of the world's leading causes of human
suffering and poverty. Each year, the disease takes 1–3 million lives, mainly in sub-Saharan …

In areas where Plasmodium falciparum transmission is endemic, clinical immunity against
malaria is progressively acquired during childhood and adults are usually protected against …

Malaria during pregnancy is a major health problem for African women. The disease is
caused by Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites, which accumulate in the placenta by …

Plasmodium falciparum–infected erythrocytes bind to chondroitin sulfate A (CSA) in the
placenta via the VAR2CSA protein, a member of the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane …

Var2CSA, a key molecule linked with pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM), causes
sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes (PEs) in the placenta by …

There is substantial immuno-epidemiological evidence that the parasite-encoded, so-called
variant surface antigens (VSAs) such as PfEMP1 on the surface of infected erythrocytes (IEs) …

Background Rosetting is a Plasmodium falciparum virulence factor implicated in the
pathogenesis of life-threatening malaria. Rosetting occurs when parasite–derived P …