Influence of the number and timing of malaria episodes during pregnancy on prematurity and small-for-gestational-age in an area of low transmission

BMC Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Moore, Kerryn A ^a,b   Simpson, Julie A ^a   Wiladphaingern, Jacher ^c   Min, Aung Myat ^c   Pimanpanarak, Mupawjay ^c   Paw, Moo Kho ^c   Raksuansak, Jathee ^c   Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon ^d   Fowkes, Freya J I ^a,b,e   White, Nicholas J ^d,f   Nosten, François ^c,f   McGready, Rose ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^c SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestation; Malaria in pregnancy; Preterm birth; Small for gestational age; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; QUININE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUBOWITZ SCORE; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LATE PREMATURITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIGRANT; MYANMAR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFUGEE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THAILAND; VERY PREMATURITY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85021178682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0877-6     Document Type: Article

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