[HTML][HTML] The burden of malaria in pregnancy in malaria-endemic areas

RW Steketee, BL Nahlen, ME Parise… - … to Volume 64 (1) of the …, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pregnant women in malarious areas may experience a variety of adverse consequences
from malaria infection including maternal anemia, placental accumulation of parasites, low …

Intermittent preventive therapy for malaria during pregnancy using 2 vs 3 or more doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and risk of low birth weight in Africa: systematic …

K Kayentao, P Garner, AM van Eijk, I Naidoo, C Roper… - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Intermittent preventive therapy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine to control
malaria during pregnancy is used in 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and 31 of those …

Mosquito-borne diseases

MA Tolle - Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health …, 2009 - Elsevier
Despite centuries of control efforts, mosquito-borne diseases are flourishing worldwide. With
a disproportionate effect on children and adolescents, these conditions are responsible for …

Community-based interventions for improving perinatal and neonatal health outcomes in developing countries: a review of the evidence

ZA Bhutta, GL Darmstadt, BS Hasan, RA Haws - Pediatrics, 2005 - publications.aap.org
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 …

Malaria during pregnancy

M Fried, PE Duffy - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
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 …

Impact of malaria during pregnancy on low birth weight in sub-Saharan Africa

HL Guyatt, RW Snow - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Malaria during pregnancy can result in low birth weight (LBW), an important risk factor for
infant mortality. This article reviews the pathological effects of malaria during pregnancy and …

Antimalarial drug toxicity: a review

WRJ Taylor, NJ White - Drug safety, 2004 - Springer
Malaria, caused mostly by Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, remains one of the most
important infectious diseases in the world. Antimalarial drug toxicity is one side of the risk …

Malaria in 2002

B Greenwood, T Mutabingwa - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
The burden of malaria is increasing, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, because of drug and
insecticide resistance and social and environmental changes. Thus, there is an urgent need …

Malaria and HIV coinfection in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence, impact, and treatment strategies

TE Kwenti - Research and reports in tropical medicine, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Malaria and HIV, two of the world's most deadly diseases, are widespread, but their
distribution overlaps greatly in sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, malaria and HIV …

[PDF][PDF] The epidemiology and burden of Plasmodium falciparum-related anemia among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa

HL Guyatt, RW Snow - The American journal of tropical medicine and …, 2001 - Citeseer
The paucity of precise information on the burden of malaria among pregnant women has
hampered effective lobbying for the inclusion of preventative strategies against malaria in …