de Moraes, Luciana VieiraPenha-Gonçalves, Carlos2016-05-042016-05-042013-02-13Luciana Vieira de Moraes, Carlos Penha-Gonçalves, Placental Malaria: From Infection to Malfunction, Cell Host & Microbe, Volume 13, Issue 2, 13 February 2013, Pages 125-127, ISSN 1931-3128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2013.01.014. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312813000450)http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/594Malaria during pregnancy is a major factor in infant morbidity and mortality. In this issue of Cell Host and Microbe, Conroy et al. (2013) propose that C5a, a product of complement cascade activation, counteracts the placental vascular remodeling response induced by Plasmodium infection and contributes to fetal growth restriction.engPlacentalPlasmodium InfectionsFetal Developmentjournal article10.1016/j.chom.2013.01.014