Pregnant women are susceptible to malaria during pregnancy. Plasmodium falciparum,
which sequesters in the placenta, causes the greatest disease, contributing significantly to …

Pregnant women in malaria-endemic regions are susceptible to malaria in pregnancy, which
has adverse consequences on birth outcomes, including having small for gestational age …

Understanding of the biological basis for susceptibility to malaria in pregnancy was recently
advanced by the discovery that erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum …

Women in endemic areas become highly susceptible to malaria during first and second
pregnancies, despite immunity acquired after years of exposure. Recent insights have …

Malaria, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, continues to disproportionately affect pregnant
women. In addition to the profoundly deleterious impact of maternal malaria on the health of …

Albeit pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) poses a potential risk for over 125 million
women each year, an accurate review assessing the impact on malaria in infants has yet to …

Over the past 10 years, knowledge of the burden, economic costs, and consequences of
malaria in pregnancy has improved, and the prevalence of malaria caused by Plasmodium …

Drugs to prevent malaria in pregnancy are not recommended during the first trimester in
high-transmission areas. Poor outcomes associated with infections in early pregnancy …

One hundred and twenty-five million women in malaria-endemic areas become pregnant
each year (see Dellicour et al. PLoS Med 7: e1000221 [2010]) and require protection from …

Abstract Purpose of Review Placental malaria is the primary mechanism through which
malaria in pregnancy causes adverse perinatal outcomes. This review summarizes recent …