Low birthweight associated with maternal anaemia and Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy, in a peri-urban/urban area of low endemicity in Uganda

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-13

  Kasumba, I N ^a   Nalunkuma, A J ^a   Mujuzi, G ^a   Kitaka, F S ^a   Byaruhanga, R ^b   Okong, P ^b   Egwang, T G ^a  

^a Med Biotech Laboratories Uganda   (Uganda)

^b Nsambya Home Care   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033977440     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813508     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Beeson, J. G., Brown, G. V., Molyneux, M. E., Mhango, C., Dzinjalamala, F. & Rogerson, S. J. (1999). Plasmodium falciparum isolates from infected pregnant women and children are each associated with distinct adhesive and antigenic properties. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 180, 464-472.
2. Brabin, B. J. (1991). The Risks and Severity of Malaria in Pregnant Women. Applied Field Research in Malaria Report No. 1. Geneva: World Health Organization.
3. Brabin, B. J. (1993). An analysis of malaria in pregnancy in Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 61, 1005-1016.
4. Brabin, L., Verhoeff, F. H., Kazembe P., Brabin, B. J., Chimsuku, L. & Broadhead, R. J. (1998). Improving antenatal care for pregnant adolescents in southern Malawi. Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologia Scandinavia, 77, 402-409.
5. Fleming, A. (1989). Tropical obstetrics and gynaecology. 1. Anaemia in pregnancy in tropical Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 83, 441-448.
6. Fried, M. & Duffy, P. E. (1996). Adherence of Plasmodium falciparum to chondroitin sulphate A in the human placenta. Science, 272, 1502-1504.
7. Fried, M., Nosten, F., Brockman, A. Brabin, B. J. & Duffy, P. E. (1998). Maternal antibodies block malaria. Nature, 395, 851-852.
8. Hamilton, P. J., Gebbie, D. A., Wilks, N. E. & Lothe, F. (1972). The role of malaria, folic acid deficiency and haemoglobin AS in pregnancy at Mulago hospital. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 66, 594-602.
9. Jackson, S. J., Klee, E. B., Green, S. D. R., Mokili, J. L. K., Elton, R. A. & Cutting, W. A. M. (1991). Severe anaemia in pregnancy: a problem of primigravidac in rural Zaire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 85, 829-832.
10. McGregor, I. A., Wilson, M. E. & Billewicz, W. Z. (1983). Malaria infection of the placenta in the Gambia, West Africa; its incidence and relationship to stillbirth, birth weight, and placental weight. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 77, 232-244.
11. Rasheed, F. N., Bulmer, J. N., Dunn, D. T., Menendez, C., Jawala, M. F. B., Jepson, A., Jakobsen, P. H. & Greenwood, B. M. (1993). Suppressed peripheral and placental blood lymphoproliferative responses in first pregnancies: relevance to malaria. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 48, 154-160.
12. Rogerson, S. J. & Brown, G. V. (1997). Chondroitin sulphate A as an adherence receptor for Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. Parasitology Today, 13, 70-75.
13. Steketee, R. W., O'Mahoney, G., Breman, J. G., Campbell, C. C., Heymann, D. L., Slutsker, L., Coker, T., Wirima, J. J., Khoromana, C. O. & Macheso, A. (1994). Malaria Prevention in Pregnancy: the Effects of Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis on Placental Malaria Infection, Low Birth Weight, and Fetal, Infant, and Child Survival. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
14. Verhoeff, F. H., Brabin, B. J., Chimsuku, L., Kazembe, P. & Broadhead, R. L. (1999). An analysis of the determinants of anaemia in pregnant women in rural Malawi - a basis for action. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 93, 119-133.
15. Warhurst, D. C. & Williams, J. E. (1996). Laboratory diagnosis of malaria. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 49, 533-538.
16. World Health Organization (1999). Roll Back Malaria: Advocacy Brochure. Geneva: WHO.