Impact of Sub-patent Malaria During Pregnancy on Birth-Weight in Odisha, India: Time-to-Event Analysis of Prospective Longitudinal Follow-Up of a Survey.

The study showed that half of the pregnant women in high-endemic pockets had sub-patent infection which posed deleterious influence on birth-weight of their new-borns. The study thereby flags the prevalence of sub-patent infection as a public health concern, because sub-patent infection in pregnant mothers may persist as a "silent" reservoir, with the potential to derail the malaria control program, especially when the country plans malaria elimination by 2030.