Effect of pregnancy on exposure to malaria mosquitoes.
Pregnant women attracted twice the number of Anopheles gambiae complex--the predominant African malaria-carrying mosquito--than did their non-pregnant counterparts. We postulate that physiological and behavioural changes that occur during pregnancy are responsible for increased attractiveness, which could be important in intervention strategies aimed at protecting this high-risk group against malaria.
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005714:Gambia; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health