Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy in an unstable transmission area in eastern Sudan

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Abstract
A 1-year prospective community-based study of malaria during pregnancy was conducted in an area of seasonal and unstable malaria transmission in eastern Sudan. At a village antenatal clinic, 89 non-pregnant controls and 86 pregnant women were enrolled and followed every 2 weeks until 6 weeks after delivery. The incidence of Plasmodium falciparum infection was significantly higher among pregnant than control women [17.4% versus 5.6%] with no difference between primigravidae and multigravidae [22.2% versus 15.2%].There was no significant difference in the mean haemoglobin concentration between infected and uninfected mothers [9.1 +/- 1.3 versus 9.5 +/- 0.6 g/dL] but the mean birth weight of their babies was significantly lower [2.72 +/- 0.26 versus 2.95 +/- 0.05 kg] despite prompt case management of infected womenCitation
El Ghazali, G., Adam, I., Hamad, A. & El Bashir, M.I. (2003). Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy in an unstable transmission area in eastern Sudan. http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/119309
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EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 9 (4), 570-580, 2003
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570-580ISSN
1020-3397Other Identifiers
http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/0904/9_4_2003_570_580.pdfCollections
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