Pregnancy-associated Malaria  11/17/2005
The Fourth MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Chairs:

Rosette Megnekou, faculty, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology Center, University of Yaounde

Trine Staalsoe, University Hospital

Speakers:

167. Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnant Cameroonian women
Diane Taylor, Ph.D., professor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University (invited)

168. The burden of malaria in primi- and secundigravidae in Boromo health district,Burkina Faso
Sabine Gies

169. In utero mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the human immuno deficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in relation to placental malaria in Yaounde-Cameroon
A Kfutwah

170. Placental malaria: diversity of var gene expression and of humoral immune responses to different CSA adherent and placental isolates
Stephen Rogerson, associate professor, University of Melbourne (invited)

171. Plasmodium falciparum isolated from placenta transcribes high levels of var2csa and display variable adhesive abilities to placental CSPG
Nicaise Tuikue-Ndam

172. Antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum parasites infecting pregnant women
Michael Ofori, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana

173. Functional changes in fetal syncytiotrophoblast cells induced by specific binding of cytoadherent Plasmodium falciparum
Julie Moore, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia

 

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