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Microscopic and submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infection, maternal anaemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Papua New Guinea: a cohort study.

Holger W UngerAnna Rosanas-UrgellLeanne J RobinsonMaria Ome-KaiusShadrach JallyAlexandra J UmbersWillie PomatIvo MuellerEline KattenbergStephen J Rogerson
Published in: Malaria journal (2019)
A substantial proportion of P. falciparum infections in pregnant women in PNG were submicroscopic. Microscopic, but not submicroscopic, infections were associated with adverse outcomes in women receiving malaria preventive treatment and insecticide-treated bed nets. Current malaria prevention policies that combine insecticide-treated bed nets, intermittent preventive treatment and prompt treatment of symptomatic infections appear to be appropriate for the management of malaria in pregnancy in settings like PNG.
Keyphrases
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • plasmodium falciparum
  • pregnant women
  • public health
  • emergency department
  • type diabetes
  • physical activity
  • skeletal muscle