Abstract
Preliminary results are presented from this study which indicate that 84.8 of pregnant women present at first antenatal visit with anemia (Hb 11g/dl) an 8.7 of their infants (n = 230) have a hemoglobin at birth below 14g/dl. There is an association between pregnancy anemia and malaria. A case control study in pregnant women and an infant cohort study to 18 months of age, are employed to study the cause and effects of anemia and malaria on women and their infants health.
malaria; pregnancy; anemia; epidemiology
The consequences of malaria infection in pregnant women and their infants
L. Chimsuku1
F. H. Verhoeff2
S. M. Maxvell3
R. L. Broadhead1
A. Thomas4
H. J. Van der Kaay4
W. Russell1
B. Brabin1
University of Malawi, Department of Pediatrics, Blantyre, Malawi
University of Leiden, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Leiden, The Netherlands
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
TNO, Malaria Group, Rijwijk, The Netherlands
Preliminary results are presented from this study which indicate that 84.8 of pregnant women present at first antenatal visit with anemia (Hb 11g/dl) an 8.7 of their infants (n = 230) have a hemoglobin at birth below 14g/dl. There is an association between pregnancy anemia and malaria. A case control study in pregnant women and an infant cohort study to 18 months of age, are employed to study the cause and effects of anemia and malaria on women and their infants health.
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15 June 2009 -
Date of issue
1994
