Placental Malaria Increases Malaria Risk in the First 30 Months of Life
Author(s) -
Norbert Georg Schwarz,
Ayôla Akim Adégnika,
Lutz P. Breitling,
Julian Gabor,
Selidji Todagbé Agnandji,
Robert D. Newman,
Bertrand Lell,
Saadou Issifou,
Maria Yazdanbakhsh,
Adrian J. F. Luty,
Peter G. Kremsner,
Martin P. Grobusch
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/591968
Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , hazard ratio , parasitemia , offspring , plasmodium falciparum , pregnancy , obstetrics , cohort study , confidence interval , immunology , biology , genetics
Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy is associated with stillbirth, fetal growth restriction, and low birth weight. An additional consequence may be increased risk of malaria in early life, although the epidemiological evidence of this consequence is limited.
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