Malaria in the First Trimester of Pregnancy and Fetal Growth: Results from a Beninese Preconceptional Cohort.
Babagnidé François KoladjoEmmanuel YovoManfred AccrombessiGino AgbotaWilliam AtadeOlaiitan T LadikpoMurielle MehobaAuguste DegbeNikki JacksonAchille MassougbodjiDarius SossouBertin VianouMichel CotGilles CottrellNadine FievetJennifer ZeitlinValérie BriandPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)
In a context where malaria infections in pregnancy are well detected and treated, their adverse effect on fetal growth may be limited. Our results argue in favor of preventing and treating infections as early as the first trimester.