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"Pomegranate" Spleen in Disseminated Tuberculosis

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A multiphase program for malaria elimination in southern Mozambique (the Magude project): A before-after study

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

A quality control program within a clinical trial Consortium for PCR protocols to detect Plasmodium species

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A randomized placebo-controlled trial of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnant women in the context of insecticide treated nets delivered through the antenatal clinic

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A targeted association study of immunity genes and networks suggests novel associations with placental malaria infection.

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A variant in the gene FUT9 is associated with susceptibility to placental malaria infection.

scientific article published on 21 May 2009

Alterations in T Cell Subsets in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Adults with Co-infections in Southern Mozambique ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

An autopsy study of maternal mortality in Mozambique: the contribution of infectious diseases

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Antimalarial drugs in pregnancy: a review.

scientific article published on January 2006

Antimicrobial drug resistance trends of bacteremia isolates in a rural hospital in southern Mozambique

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Are Infants Less than 6 Months of Age a Neglected Group for Anemia Prevention in Low-Income Countries?

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Association of severe malaria outcomes with platelet-mediated clumping and adhesion to a novel host receptor

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Awareness of cervical cancer and willingness to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus in Mozambican adolescent girls.

scientific article published on 14 April 2018

Barriers and facilitators to health care seeking behaviours in pregnancy in rural communities of southern Mozambique

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Burden and impact of Plasmodium vivax in pregnancy: A multi-centre prospective observational study

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Can malaria chemoprophylaxis be restricted to first pregnancies?

scientific article published in November 1994

Carriage prevalence of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in gallbladders of adult autopsy cases from Mozambique.

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Challenges in the diagnosis of iron deficiency in children exposed to high prevalence of infections

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Changing Trends in P. falciparum Burden, Immunity, and Disease in Pregnancy

scientific article published on October 2015

Chronic Exposure to Malaria Is Associated with Inhibitory and Activation Markers on Atypical Memory B Cells and Marginal Zone-Like B Cells

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Clinical malaria in African pregnant women

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Clinical, nutritional and immunological characteristics of HIV-infected children in an area of high HIV prevalence

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Clinico-pathological discrepancies in the diagnosis of causes of maternal death in sub-Saharan Africa: retrospective analysis

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Community health worker knowledge and management of pre-eclampsia in southern Mozambique

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Community perceptions of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in southern Mozambique

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Community-acquired bacteremia among children admitted to a rural hospital in Mozambique.

scientific article published in February 2009

Comparison of placental blood microscopy and the ICT HRP2 rapid diagnostic test to detect placental malaria

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

Concordance of three alternative gestational age assessments for pregnant women from four African countries: A secondary analysis of the MIPPAD trial

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Congenital cytomegalovirus, parvovirus and enterovirus infection in Mozambican newborns at birth: A cross-sectional survey.

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Congenital malaria: the least known consequence of malaria in pregnancy.

scientific article published on June 2007

Cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in southern Mozambique

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Costs Associated with Malaria in Pregnancy in the Brazilian Amazon, a Low Endemic Area Where Plasmodium vivax Predominates

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Costs associated with low birth weight in a rural area of Southern Mozambique

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Counter-Selection of Antimalarial Resistance Polymorphisms by Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Current knowledge and challenges of antimalarial drugs for treatment and prevention in pregnancy

scientific article published on June 2010

Determinants of household demand for bed nets in a rural area of southern Mozambique

scientific article published on 15 June 2009

Development of a post-mortem procedure to reduce the uncertainty regarding causes of death in developing countries

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Development of vaccines to prevent malaria in pregnant women: WHO MALVAC meeting report

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Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated malaria in African children: a randomised, non-inferiority trial

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Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine: if it works for control, can we use it for elimination?

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Duration of protection with RTS,S/AS02A malaria vaccine in prevention of Plasmodium falciparum disease in Mozambican children: single-blind extended follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on December 2005

Dynamics of afebrile Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Mozambican Men.

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Ebola crisis: the unequal impact on women and children's health.

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Economic evaluation of an alternative drug to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy

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Effects of HIV infection on maternal and neonatal health in southern Mozambique: A prospective cohort study after a decade of antiretroviral drugs roll out.

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Efficacy of mefloquine intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy against Schistosoma haematobium infection in Gabon: a nested randomized controlled assessor-blinded clinical trial

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS02A vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum infection and disease in young African children: randomised controlled trial

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El papel de la mujer en la investigación científica y médica en el siglo xxi: un debate necesario

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Epidemiology of Human Herpes Virus 8 in Pregnant Women and their Newborns--A cross-sectional delivery survey in Central Gabon

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Erythropoietin levels are not independently associated with malaria-attributable severe disease in Mozambican children

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Estimated risk of placental infection and low birthweight attributable to Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa in 2010: a modelling study.

scientific article published on 23 July 2014

Evaluation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria against group B Streptococcus colonization in pregnant women: a nested analysis of a randomized controlled clinical trial of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine versus mefloquine.

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Factors influencing access of pregnant women and their infants to their local healthcare system: a prospective, multi-centre, observational study.

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First-trimester artemisinin derivatives and quinine treatments and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa and Asia: A meta-analysis of observational studies

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Global Call to Action to scale-up coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: seminar report. ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Global Call to Action: maximize the public health impact of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Grading schemes for placental malaria

scientific article published on 5 May 2011

HIV and malaria interactions: where do we stand?

scientific article published on February 2012

HIV and placental infection modulate the appearance of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in pregnant women who receive intermittent preventive treatment

scientific article published in January 2011

HIV drug resistance patterns in pregnant women using next generation sequence in Mozambique.

scientific article published on 9 May 2018

Haematological and biochemical indices in young African children: in search of reference intervals.

scientific article published in November 2006

Healthcare providers' views and perceptions on post-mortem procedures for cause of death determination in Southern Mozambique

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Heterogeneity of G6PD deficiency prevalence in Mozambique: a school-based cross-sectional survey in three different regions

scientific article (publication date: 19 January 2017)

High HIV prevalence in a southern semi‐rural area of Mozambique: a community‐based survey ⬇️

scientific article published on April 15, 2012

How hidden can malaria be in pregnant women? Diagnosis by microscopy, placental histology, polymerase chain reaction and detection of histidine-rich protein 2 in plasma

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Human papillomavirus genotype attribution in invasive cervical cancer: a retrospective cross-sectional worldwide study

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Human papillomavirus genotypes in rural Mozambique

scientific article published in October 2001

Identifying Immune Correlates of Protection Against Plasmodium falciparum Through a Novel Approach to Account for Heterogeneity in Malaria Exposure

scientific article published in February 2018

IgG against Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens and growth inhibitory antibodies in Mozambican children receiving intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

scientific article published on 25 December 2010

IgM and IgG against Plasmodium falciparum lysate as surrogates of malaria exposure and protection during pregnancy.

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Immunoglobulins against the surface of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes increase one month after delivery

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Impact of HIV exposure on health outcomes in HIV-negative infants born to HIV-positive mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Impact of elevated maternal HIV viral load at delivery on T-cell populations in HIV exposed uninfected infants in Mozambique

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Impact of malaria at the end of pregnancy on infant mortality and morbidity

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Improved pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to malaria with high antibody levels against Plasmodium falciparum

scientific article published on 28 February 2013

In-Vivo Efficacy of Chloroquine to Clear Asymptomatic Infections in Mozambican Adults: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial with Implications for Elimination Strategies

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Inadequate efficacy of a new formulation of fosmidomycin-clindamycin combination in Mozambican children less than three years old with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

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Incidence and predictors of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a rural area of Mozambique

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Inequalities in sub-Saharan African women's and girls' health opportunities and outcomes: evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys

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Infant mortality and morbidity associated with preterm and small-for-gestational-age births in Southern Mozambique: A retrospective cohort study

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Infectious cause of death determination using minimally invasive autopsies in developing countries

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

Influence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype on mother-to-child transmission

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Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria control administered at the time of routine vaccinations in Mozambican infants: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article published on 30 June 2006

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with mefloquine in HIV-negative women: a multicentre randomized controlled trial

scientific article (publication date: September 2014)

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnant women and infants: making best use of the available evidence

scientific article published in August 2012

Intermittent treatment for malaria and anaemia control at time of routine vaccinations in Tanzanian infants: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article published in May 2001

Invasive Salmonella Infections Among Children From Rural Mozambique, 2001-2014.

scientific article published on November 2015

Invasive bacterial disease trends and characterization of group B streptococcal isolates among young infants in southern Mozambique, 2001-2015.

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in Mozambican children

scientific article published on 27 September 2009

Limitations to current methods to estimate cause of death: a validation study of a verbal autopsy model

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Loa loa Infection in Pregnant Women, Gabon

scientific article published in May 2015

Long-term safety and efficacy of the RTS,S/AS02A malaria vaccine in Mozambican children

scientific article published on August 2009

Low antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum and imbalanced pro-inflammatory cytokines are associated with severe malaria in Mozambican children: a case-control study

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Malaria and HIV infection in Mozambican pregnant women are associated with reduced transfer of antimalarial antibodies to their newborns

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Malaria during pregnancy.

scientific article published in March 2006

Malaria in Pregnancy Is a Predictor of Infant Haemoglobin Concentrations during the First Year of Life in Benin, West Africa

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Malaria in pregnancy: challenges for control and the need for urgent action

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Malaria in rural Mozambique. Part I: children attending the outpatient clinic

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Malaria in rural Mozambique. Part II: children admitted to hospital

scientific article published on 26 February 2008

Malaria prevention with IPTp during pregnancy reduces neonatal mortality

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Malaria vaccine trials in pregnant women: An imperative without precedent

scientific article published on 06 January 2019

Malaria-related anaemia.

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Massive Plasmodium falciparum visceral sequestration: a cause of maternal death in Africa.

scientific article published on 9 November 2012

Massive chronic intervillositis of the placenta associated with malaria infection.

scientific article published in August 1998

Maternal Carriage of Group B Streptococcus and Escherichia coli in a District Hospital in Mozambique

scholarly article by Lola Madrid et al published November 2018 in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Maternal HIV infection is an important health determinant in non-HIV-infected infants.

scientific article published on July 2017

Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women

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Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women.

scientific article published on 21 March 2018

Mefloquine safety and tolerability in pregnancy: a systematic literature review

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Microsatellite Genotyping of Plasmodium vivax Isolates from Pregnant Women in Four Malaria Endemic Countries

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Molecular evidence for the localization of Plasmodium falciparum immature gametocytes in bone marrow

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Mortality, Morbidity, and Developmental Outcomes in Infants Born to Women Who Received Either Mefloquine or Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine as Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Cohort Study

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Multiple morbidities in pregnancy: Time for research, innovation, and action

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Multiplexing detection of IgG against Plasmodium falciparum pregnancy-specific antigens

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Naturally Acquired Binding-Inhibitory Antibodies to Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein in Pregnant Women Are Associated with Higher Birth Weight in a Multicenter Study

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Parity and placental infection affect antibody responses against Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy

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Pathological Methods Applied to the Investigation of Causes of Death in Developing Countries: Minimally Invasive Autopsy Approach

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Patients' costs, socio-economic and health system aspects associated with malaria in pregnancy in an endemic area of Colombia.

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

Perceptions of malaria in pregnancy and acceptability of preventive interventions among Mozambican pregnant women: implications for effectiveness of malaria control in pregnancy

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in Infected Pregnant Mozambican Women after Delivery.

scientific article published in March 2011

Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in infected pregnant Mozambican women after delivery

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Placental Microparticles and MicroRNAs in Pregnant Women with Plasmodium falciparum or HIV Infection

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Placental infection with Plasmodium vivax: a histopathological and molecular study

scientific article published on 10 October 2012

Plasmodium vivax VIR Proteins Are Targets of Naturally-Acquired Antibody and T Cell Immune Responses to Malaria in Pregnant Women

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Plasmodium vivax congenital malaria in an area of very low endemicity in Guatemala: implications for clinical and epidemiological surveillance in a malaria elimination context

scientific article published on 8 December 2012

Population Pharmacokinetics of Mefloquine Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy in Gabon

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Post-ART Symptoms Were Not the Problem: A Qualitative Study on Adherence to ART in HIV-Infected Patients in a Mozambican Rural Hospital.

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Postmortem Interval and Diagnostic Performance of the Autopsy Methods

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Pregnancy and malaria exposure are associated with changes in the B cell pool and in plasma eotaxin levels

scientific article published on 18 August 2014

Prevalence and risk factors of sexually transmitted infections and cervical neoplasia in women from a rural area of southern Mozambique

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Profile: Manhiça Health Research Centre (Manhiça HDSS).

scientific article published in October 2013

Proinflammatory responses and higher IL-10 production by T cells correlate with protection against malaria during pregnancy and delivery outcomes

scientific article published on 27 February 2015

Randomised trial of efficacy of SPf66 vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in southern Tanzania.

scientific article published on October 1994

Reducing the burden of malaria in pregnancy by preventive strategies

scientific article published on February 2007

Reduction of antimalarial antibodies by HIV infection is associated with increased risk of Plasmodium falciparum cord blood infection

scientific article published on 11 January 2012

Resisting and tolerating P. falciparum in pregnancy under different malaria transmission intensities

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Resuscitating the Dying Autopsy

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Rosetting in Plasmodium vivax: a cytoadhesion phenotype associated with anaemia

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Severe malaria and concomitant bacteraemia in children admitted to a rural Mozambican hospital

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

Severe malnutrition among children under the age of 5 years admitted to a rural district hospital in southern Mozambique

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Severe pneumonia in Mozambican young children: clinical and radiological characteristics and risk factors

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Severity of anaemia is associated with bone marrow haemozoin in children exposed to Plasmodium falciparum

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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Time of Zika in Latin America and the Caribbean

scientific article published on June 2016

Similar efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) in African infants and children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria across different body weight ranges

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

Socio-anthropological methods to study the feasibility and acceptability of the minimally invasive autopsy from the perspective of local communities: lessons learnt from a large multi-centre study

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Stabilization of HIV incidence in women of reproductive age in southern Mozambique

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Stillbirth With Group B Streptococcus Disease Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

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Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Pregnant Women in Gabon, Central Africa

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Sub-microscopic infections and long-term recrudescence of Plasmodium falciparum in Mozambican pregnant women

scientific article published on 09 January 2009

Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine plus azithromycin for the prevention of low birthweight in Papua New Guinea: a randomised controlled trial

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The Challenge of Assessing Microcephaly in the Context of the Zika Virus Epidemic.

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The burden of vaccine-preventable diseases in pregnancy in low-resource settings

scientific article published in March 2016

The cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in Sub-Saharan Africa

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The effect of dosing strategies on the therapeutic efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for uncomplicated malaria: a meta-analysis of individual patient data

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

The effect of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy on malarial antibodies depends on HIV status and is not associated with poor delivery outcomes

scientific article published on January 2010

The impact of placental malaria on gestational age and birth weight.

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The role of Xpert MTB/RIF in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in post-mortem tissues

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

The sick placenta-the role of malaria.

scientific article published on May 2004

Transcription of var genes other than var2csa in Plasmodium falciparum parasites infecting Mozambican pregnant women

scientific article published in July 2011

Treatment and prevention of malaria in pregnancy: opportunities and challenges.

scientific article published in August 2006

Trends in cancer incidence in Maputo, Mozambique, 1991-2008.

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Urogenital schistosomiasis during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight delivery: analysis of a prospective cohort of pregnant women and their offspring in Gabon

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VAR2CSA Serology to Detect Plasmodium falciparum Transmission Patterns in Pregnancy

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

VAR2CSA signatures of high Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in the placenta

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Vaccine-related HPV genotypes in women with and without cervical cancer in Mozambique: Burden and potential for prevention

scholarly article by Xavier Castellsagué et al published 12 December 2007 in International Journal of Cancer

Validity of a Minimally Invasive Autopsy for Cause of Death Determination in Adults in Mozambique: An Observational Study

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Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy for cause of death determination in maternal deaths in Mozambique: An observational study.

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Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy for cause of death determination in stillborn babies and neonates in Mozambique: An observational study

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy tool for cause of death determination in pediatric deaths in Mozambique: An observational study

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Vitamin A and iron supplementation in pregnancy

scientific article published in The Lancet

Weighing for results: assessing the effect of IPTp

scientific article published in April 2013

Willingness to Know the Cause of Death and Hypothetical Acceptability of the Minimally Invasive Autopsy in Six Diverse African and Asian Settings: A Mixed Methods Socio-Behavioural Study

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Young adolescent girls are at high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational multicountry study

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

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