Malaria at delivery in Abidjan.
In 198 consecutive deliveries in a region holoendemic for malaria, 39.4% of the mothers had malarial parasitaemia. Cord blood parasitaemia was found in 43 cases (55% of infected mothers). The incidence of malaria decreased with increasing parity possibly related to age. Malaria is partly responsible of the low birthweights and of the genesis of pre-term and small for date babies. A correlation between nutritional status and malarial infection was shown. According to IgM concentrations in cord blood, 2.5% of newborns had an intrauterine infection of unknown origin.
D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D001724:Birth Weight; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000469:parasitology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008423:Maternal Age; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009929:Organ Size; D010298:Parity; D010920:Placenta / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000209:etiology; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000906:Antibodies; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M