Impaired placental autophagy in placental malaria

Dimasuay, KG; Gong, L; Rosario, F; McBryde, E; Spelman, T; Glazier, J; Rogerson, SJ; Beeson, JG; Jansson, T; Devenish, RJ; Boeuf, P

Boeuf, P (reprint author), Burnet Inst, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.; Boeuf, P (reprint author), Univ Melbourne, Peter Doherty Inst, Dept Med, Parkville, Vic, Australia.

PLOS ONE, 2017; 12 (11):

Abstract

Background Placental malaria is a major cause of low birthweight, principally due to impaired fetal growth. Intervillositis, a local inflammatory resp......

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