title: [Malaria and pregnancy].
abstract: A case of chronic falciparum malaria during pregnancy is reported. The only disturbance was an anaemia, without fever. With chloroquine, the patient was cured. About this case, the barreful results of malaria on pregnancy are discussed: abortion, premature birth, fetal death, low birth weight, congenital malaria, anaemia of mothers. Immune response of the pregnant living in tropical areas is discussed. So is emphasized the need for chemoprophylactic treatment of mothers without immune response, during pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
vernacular_title: Paludisme et grossesse.