We reviewed evidence of the clinical implications and burden of malaria in pregnancy. Most
studies come from sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately 25 million pregnant women are …

Background. Infant and under-5 childhood mortality rates in developing countries have
declined significantly in the past 2 to 3 decades. However, 2 critical indicators, maternal and …

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

Malaria and Rome is the first comprehensive study of malaria in ancient Italy since the
research of the distinguished Italian malariologist Angelo Celli in the early twentieth century …

Over recent millennia, human populations have regularly reconstructed their subsistence
niches, changing both how they obtain food and the conditions in which they live. For …

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

Clinical trials from the 1970s and 1980s have shown the efficacy, safety, and practicability of
the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with clindamycin. Two reviews from the …

The increased susceptibility of pregnant women to malaria infection has long been
recognized, but the magnitude of the disease burden in this particular group, together with …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses some autoimmune rheumatic diseases, which
mainly affect women. The reasons for sex predominance are unclear. Sex predominance is …

Malaria in pregnancy is one of the most important preventable causes of low birthweight
deliveries worldwide. It is also a major cause of severe maternal anaemia contributing to …