Placental malaria and the risk of malaria in infants in a high malaria transmission area in Ghana: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1504-1513

  Asante, Kwaku Poku ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a,b   Cairns, Matthew ^b   Dodoo, Daniel ^c   Boamah, Ellen Abrafi ^a   Gyasi, Richard ^d   Adjei, George ^a   Gyan, Ben ^c   Agyeman Budu, Akua ^a   Dodoo, Theophilus ^e   Mahama, Emmanuel ^a   Amoako, Nicholas ^a   Dosoo, David Kwame ^a   Koram, Kwadwo ^c   Greenwood, Brian ^b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

cohort study; Ghana; infant malaria; malaria; malaria epidemiology; placental malaria

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGH RISK INFANT; HISTOLOGY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIGRAVIDA; NEWBORN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLACENTA MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

COHORT STUDY; GHANA; INFANT MALARIA; MALARIA; MALARIA EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLACENTAL MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALARIA; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885391569     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit366     Document Type: Article

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