PLACENTAL MALARIA HISTOLOGICAL FEATURES AND THE BURDEN OF CONGENITAL MALARIA AMONG HIV/ MALARIA CO - INFECTED MOTHERS IN BENIN CITY, EDO STATE

Placental Malaria histological features and the burden of congenital malaria among HIV/ Malaria Co - infected Mothers in Benin City, Edo State

Background: It is well documented that sub Saharan Africa bears the highest burden of both malaria and HIV.Co infection with both diseases is also well documented.Malaria parasites infecting the placenta lead to inflammation, intervillous fibrin deposition and infarction.This pathologic effect of malaria on the placental has led to the staging of p

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Plasma antibodies from humans infected with zoonotic simian foamy virus do not inhibit cell-to-cell transmission of the virus despite binding to the surface of infected cells.

Zoonotic simian foamy viruses (SFV) establish lifelong infection in their human hosts.Despite repeated transmission of SFV from nonhuman primates to humans, neither transmission between human hosts nor severe Fee clinical manifestations have been reported.We aim to study the immune responses elicited by chronic infection with this retrovirus and pr

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Clinical and Microbiological Insights into Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: A Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in Central India

Introduction: The prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is increasing worldwide, presenting challenges for clinicians and microbiologists alike.This emerging infection is becoming more Kitchen Boa common in developed countries.While the clinical presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and NTM may resemble each

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