Submicroscopic plasmodium falciparum infections are associated with maternal anemia, premature births, and low birth weight

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1481-1488

  Cottrell, Gilles ^a,b   Moussiliou, Azizath ^b,c   Luty, Adrian J F ^a,b   Cot, Michel ^a,b   Fievet, Nadine ^a,b   Massougbodji, Achille ^d   Deloron, Philippe ^a,b   Tuikue Ndam, Nicaise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Faculté de Pharmacie   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

malaria; PCR; Plasmodium falciparum; pregnancy; submicroscopic

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIGRAVIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT DURATION; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BENIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929223943     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ122     Document Type: Article

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