Helv Paediatr Acta Suppl. 1978 Dec;(41):65-84.

Malaria at delivery in Abidjan.

Helvetica paediatrica acta. Supplementum

M C Reinhardt, P Ambroise-Thomas, R Cavallo-Serra, C Meylan, R Gautier

PMID: 215576

Abstract

In 198 consecutive deliveries in a region holoendemic for malaria, 39.4% of the mothers had malarial parasitaemia. Cord blood parasitaemia was found in 43 cases (55% of infected mothers). The incidence of malaria decreased with increasing parity possibly related to age. Malaria is partly responsible of the low birthweights and of the genesis of pre-term and small for date babies. A correlation between nutritional status and malarial infection was shown. According to IgM concentrations in cord blood, 2.5% of newborns had an intrauterine infection of unknown origin.

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Substances

• Antibodies
• Immunoglobulin A
• Immunoglobulin G
• Immunoglobulin M

MeSH terms

• Anemia / etiology
• Antibodies / analysis
• Birth Weight
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Female
• Fetal Blood / parasitology
• Gestational Age
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin A / analysis
• Immunoglobulin G / analysis
• Immunoglobulin M / analysis
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Premature
• Infant, Small for Gestational Age
• Malaria / complications
• Malaria / epidemiology
• Maternal Age
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Organ Size
• Parity
• Placenta / anatomy & histology
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / etiology
• Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology

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• Journal Article

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