Placental malaria and pregnancy outcome.
Malaria parasitemia was assessed in 312 placentae of singleton deliveries in Benin. The prevalence rate was 45.19%. The dominant infecting specie was Plasmodium falciparum. High density parasitemia of placental smear in 44.68% was associated with preterm delivery, low birthweight, intrauterine growth retardation and neonatal mortality. Placental histological diagnosis of malaria in 57.69% was more frequently associated with intrauterine growth retardation. Extraplacental parasitemia decreased but intraplacental parasitemia increased with gestational age.
University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Department of Child Health, Nigeria.
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D000818:Animals; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000469:parasitology*; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D010965:Plasmodium malariae; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome