2016
DOI: 10.21767/2573-0282.100016
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Malaria in Pregnancy: An Unrecognized Risk Factor for Neuropsychiatric Disease in Offspring?

Abstract: The in vitro environment has a profound effect on offspring neurodevelopment. Insults to the foetus during pregnancy can disrupt neurodevelopmental processes culminating in neurochemical and behavioural abnormalities. A growing body of evidence supports a role for maternal infection in precipitating neuropsychiatric disease in offspring. Sincẽ 60% of pregnancies globally are at risk of malaria infection annually, we hypothesize that in utero exposure to malaria in pregnancy (MIP) may be a neglected risk factor… Show more

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