title: [Placental infections with Plasmodium in an endemic zone. Risk factors].
abstract: A survey has been carried out during eight months in the hospital of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) in view to observe the infection of the placentas by Plasmodium and their risk factors. One thousand forty pregnant women were included. Infection rates were 6.5% during the low transmission season and 24.5% during the high transmission season. P. falciparum was present in all the infections. Thirty eight per cent of the women under 18 years old and 26% of the primigravidae were infected. The mean difference in birth weights between the newborn babies of primigravidae with infected or non-infected placentas was 275 g. The regular visits to antenatal clinics, a high level of education and sufficient income were linked with a low level of placental infection. The use of bed nets was linked with a low level of placental infections even after suppression of the other socio-economic data. These observations are discussed in view of an action against malaria in endemic areas.
authors.affiliation: Orstom/Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Gazin
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Compaoré
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hutin
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Molez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000634:Aminoquinolines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D001724:Birth Weight; D002050:Burkina Faso / Q000453:epidemiology; D009033:Culicidae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007306:Insecticides; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010298:Parity; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011295:Prenatal Care; D017584:Reproductive History; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D000634:Aminoquinolines; D007306:Insecticides
vernacular_title: Infection du placenta par les Plasmodium en zone d'endémie. Les facteurs de risque.