Is Placental Malaria a Long-term Risk Factor for Mild Malaria Attack in Infancy? Revisiting a Paradigm | Zendy

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Is Placental Malaria a Long-term Risk Factor for Mild Malaria Attack in Infancy? Revisiting a Paradigm

Author(s) -

Olivier Bouaziz,

David Courtin,

Gilles Cottrell,

Jacqueline Milet,

Grégory Nuel,

André Garcia

Publication year - 2017

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 - 10.1093/cid/cix899

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , hazard ratio , low birth weight , pregnancy , environmental health , risk factor , pediatrics , obstetrics , immunology , biology , confidence interval , genetics

Children born to mothers with placental malaria (PM) have been described as more susceptible to the occurrence of a first malaria infection. However, whether or not these children remain more at risk during infancy has never been explored. We aimed to determine if children born to mothers with PM are more susceptible to malaria and remain at higher risk between birth and 18 months.

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