Abstract
A total of 202 delivering mothers and their newborns were studied with the intention to follow the materno-fetal transmission of malaria. Malaria infection was encountered in 35 cases (17.3%) in which Plasmodium falciparum predominated in peripheral blood while P. malariae predominated on the placental surface. In cord blood P. falciparum was encountered in 1.5% of the cases. There was slightly more maternal infection in rural (23%) than in suburban areas (19%). Less malaria infection was encountered in primiparas than in multiparas and there was similar antibody response in both mothers and their newborns. Anaemia was encountered in 70% of the mothers and in 93% of the newborns. There was no significant correlation between low birthweight of the newborn and malaria parasitaemia in the mother.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antibodies, Protozoan / blood
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Birth Weight
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Female
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Fetal Blood / chemistry
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Fetal Blood / parasitology
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Hemoglobins / analysis
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Humans
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Infant, Low Birth Weight
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Infant, Newborn
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Malaria / blood
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Malaria / congenital
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Malaria / epidemiology
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Malaria / transmission*
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Malaria, Falciparum / blood
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Malaria, Falciparum / congenital
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Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology
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Malaria, Falciparum / transmission*
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Mozambique / epidemiology
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Parity
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Placenta / parasitology
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Plasmodium falciparum / immunology
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Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification
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Plasmodium malariae / immunology
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Plasmodium malariae / isolation & purification*
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / blood*
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Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / epidemiology
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Prevalence
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Rural Population
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Suburban Population
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Urban Population
Substances
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Antibodies, Protozoan
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Hemoglobins