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General Reports
 

 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Malaria during Pregnancy.
Fried M, Duffy PE.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2017 Feb 17
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Soluble human leukocyte antigen -G during pregnancy and infancy in Benin: Mother/child resemblance and association with the risk of malaria infection and low birth weight.
d'Almeida TC, Sadissou I, Milet J,
PLoS One. 2017 Feb 6;12(2):e0171117.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Malaria Prevention during Pregnancy-Is There a Next Step Forward?
Steketee RW.

PLoS Med
. 2014 Sep 23;11(9):e1001734. 
Paper

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Placental infections with histologically-confirmed Plasmodium falciparum are associated with adverse birth outcomes in India: a cross-sectional study.
Ahmed R, Singh N, Ter Kuile FO, et al
Malar J
. 2014 Jun 13;13(1):232.

Paper

Cord blood Vγ2 Vδ2 T cells provide a molecular marker for the impact of pregnancy-associated malaria on neonatal immunity
Cairo C, Longinaker N, Cappelli G,  et al

J Infect Dis
. 2013 Dec 10
Abstract

MyD88 Signaling is Directly Involved in the Development of Murine Placental Malaria.
Barboza R, Reis AS, Silva LG, Hasenkamp L, et al
Infect Immun. 2013 Dec 9
Abstract


An ATP2B4 Polymorphism Protects Against Malaria in Pregnancy.
Bedu-Addo G, Meese S, Mockenhaupt FP.
J Infect Dis
. 2013 Mar 20
Abstract

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Placental Histopathological Changes Associated with Plasmodium vivax Infection during Pregnancy.
Souza RM, Ataíde R, Dombrowski JG,  et al
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2013 Feb;7(2):e2071.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Peripheral Blood Cell Signatures of Plasmodium falciparum Infection during Pregnancy.
Ibitokou S, Oesterholt M, Brutus L, et al
PLoS One
. 2012;7(12):e49621
Paper

Effect of malaria in pregnancy on foetal cortical brain development: a longitudinal observational study
Rijken MJ, de Wit MC, Mulder EJ,  et al
Malar J. 2012 Jul 2;11(1):222.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Differential Association of Gene Content Polymorphisms of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors with Placental Malaria in HIV- and HIV+ Mothers.
Omosun YO, Blackstock AJ, Gatei W, et al
PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38617.
Paper

Atypical brain response to novelty in rural African children with a history of severe falciparum malaria.
Kihara M, de Haan M, Garrashi HH, et al

J Neurol Sci
. 2010 Jun 19
Abstract

Patterns of cord, placental and post-delivery maternal malaria parasitemia.
Oringanje C, Meremikwu M, Ogar B, et al
Acta Obstet Gynecol S
cand
. 2010 Jun 3
Abstract

Elevated IFN-{gamma} producing NK cells, CD45RO memory-like T cells and CD4 T cells are
associated with protection against malaria infection in pregnancy.

Othoro C, Moore JM, Wannemuehler KA, et al  
Infect Immun. 2
008 Feb 4
Abstract
 

Effects of maternal vitamin supplements on malaria in children born to HIV-infected women.
Villamor E, Msamanga G, Saathoff E, et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jun;76(6):1066-71
Abstract
 
Congenital malaria: the least known consequence of malaria in pregnancy.
Menendez C, Mayor A
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007 Jun;12(3):207-13.
Abstract
 
Increased postpartum blood loss in pregnancies associated with placental malaria.
Uddenfeldt Wort U, Hastings I, et al
nt J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007 Mar;96(3):171-5.
Abstract
 
Malaria in pregnancy: priorities for research.
Greenwood B, Alonso P, Ter Kuile FO, Hill J, et al
Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Feb;7(2):169-74.
Abstract
 
Malaria in pregnancy: pathogenesis and immunity.
Rogerson SJ, Hviid L, Duffy PE
Lancet Infect Dis.
2007 Feb;7(2):105-17.
Abstract
 
The economics of malaria in pregnancy-a review of the evidence and research priorities.
Worrall E, Morel C, Yeung S, et al  
Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Feb;7(2):156-68.
Abstract

An unusual presentation of placental malaria: a single persisting nidus of sequestered
parasites.
Muehlenbachs A, Mutabingwa TK, Fried M, Duffy PE.

Hum Pathol. 2007 Jan 18;
Abstract
 

Malaria in pregnancy.
Whitty CJ, Edmonds S, Mutabingwa TK.  
BJOG. 2005 Sep;112(9):1189-95.
Abstract
 
Antibodies from malaria-exposed pregnant women recognize trypsin resistant epitopes
on the surface of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes selected for adhesion to
chondroitin sulphate A.
Sharling L, Enevold A, Sowa KM, et al

Malar J. 2004 Sep 6;3(1):31.
Abstract
 
 

HIV/Malaria Coinfection
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Antiretroviral therapy with efavirenz accentuates pregnancy-associated reduction of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine exposure during malaria chemoprevention.
Kajubi R, Huang L, Jagannathan P, Chamankhah N, et al
Clin Pharmacol Ther
. 2017 Feb 10.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Supplementation With Multivitamins and Vitamin A and Incidence of Malaria Among HIV-Infected Tanzanian Women.
Olofin IO, Spiegelman D, Aboud S,  et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2014 Dec 1;67 Suppl 4:S173-8.
Paper

Malaria and HIV infection in Mozambican pregnant women are associated with reduced transfer of antimalarial antibodies to the newborn.
Moro L, Bardají A, Nhampossa T, et al

J Infect Dis
. 2014 Sep 30. pii: jiu547
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Helminthic Infections Rates and Malaria in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women on Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Rwanda.
Ivan E, Crowther NJ, Mutimura E, et aL
 PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2013 Aug 15;7(8):e2380
Paper

The effects of malaria and HIV co-infection on hemoglobin levels among pregnant women in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.
Orish VN, Onyeabor OS, Boampong JN,  et al
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Dec 4
Abstract

The Effect of HIV Infection on the Risk, Frequency, and Intensity of Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia in Primigravid and Multigravid Women in Malawi.
Nkhoma ET, Bowman NM, Kalilani-Phiri L, et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2012 Oct 8
Abstract

Reduction of Antimalarial Antibodies by HIV Infection Is Associated With Increased Risk of
Plasmodium falciparum Cord Blood Infection.

Naniche D, Serra-Casas E, Bardají A, Q
J Infect Dis. 2012 Jan 11.
Abstract


Intermittent preventive treatment regimens for malaria in HIV-positive pregnant women.
Mathanga DP, Uthman OA, Chinkhumba J.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
. 2011 Oct 5;10
Abstract

HIV and Placental Infection Modulate the Appearance of Drug-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum
in Pregnant Women who Receive Intermittent Preventive Treatment.
Menéndez C, Serra-Casas E, Scahill MD, et al
Clin Infect Dis
. 2011 Jan;52(1):41-8
Abstract

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: association with malaria prevention, anaemia and placental malaria.
Naniche D, Lahuerta M, Bardaji A, et al
HIV Med.
2008 Jul 19.
Abstract
 

The burden of co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and malaria
in pregnant women in sub-saharan Africa.
ter Kuile FO, Parise ME, Verhoeff FH, et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Aug;71(2 Suppl):41-54
Abstract
 
Impairment of humoral immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnancy by
HIV infection.
Mount AM, Mwapasa V, Elliott SR, et al 
Lancet. 2004 Jun 5;363(9424):1860-7.
Abstract
 
Placental malaria and perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
Inion I, Mwanyumba F, Gaillard P, et al  

J Infect Dis.
2003 Dec 1;188(11):1675-8.
Abstract

Effect of Maternal HIV and Malaria Infection on Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcome in
Zimbabwe.

Ticconi C, Mapfumo M, Dorrucci M, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Nov 1;34(3):289-94.

Abstract
 
Does infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus affect the antibody responses to
Plasmodium falciparum antigenic determinants in asymptomatic pregnant women?
Ayisi JG, Branch OH, Rafi-Janajreh A,  et al
J Infect. 2003 Apr;46(3):164-72.
Abstract
 
HIV increases the risk of malaria in women of all gravidities in Kisumu, Kenya.
van Eik AM, Ayisi JG, ter Kuile FO, et al
AIDS. 2003 Mar 7;17(4):595-603.
Abstract


Diagnosis
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Usefulness of a biomarker to identify placental dysfunction in the context of malaria.
Gueneuc A, Deloron P, Bertin GI.|
Malar J. 2017 Jan 3;16(1):11
Abstract

Rapid Diagnostic Test Performance Assessed Using Latent Class Analysis for the Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Placental Malaria.
Liu Y, Mwapasa V, Khairallah C,
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Oct 5;95(4):835-839.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HRP2 and pLDH-Based Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Expert Microscopy, and PCR for Detection of Malaria Infection during Pregnancy and at Delivery in Areas of Varied Transmission: A Prospective Cohort Study in Burkina Faso and Uganda.
Kyabayinze DJ, Zongo I, Cunningham J, et al

PLoS One
. 2016 Jul 5;11(7):e0156954. 
Paper

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Weak positive band by immunochromatographic test in pregnancy-associated malaria: A diagnostic dilemma.
Mohapatra S, Deb M, Samantaray JC, Ghosh A.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2013 Oct-Dec;31(4):418-9.

Commentary

Reliability of rapid diagnostic test for diagnosing peripheral and placental malaria in an area of unstable malaria transmission in eastern Sudan.
Kashif AH, Adam GK, Mohmmed AA,  et al
Diagn Pathol
. 2013 Apr 15;8(1):59
Abstract

Malaria in pregnancy: diagnosing infection and identifying fetal risk.
Conroy AL, McDonald CR, Kain KC.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2012 Nov;10(11):1331-42.
Abstract
 

Actionable theranostics for global maternal health: a focus on HIV and malaria.
Madadi P, Enato EF, Walfisch A.
Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2012 Nov;12(8):831-40
Abstract

Performance of a Histidine-Rich Protein 2 Rapid Diagnostic Test, Paracheck Pf(R), for
Detection of Malaria Infections in Ugandan Pregnant Women.
Dhorda M, Piola P, Nyehangane D,  et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2012 Jan;86(1):93-95
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Using an Improved Phagocytosis Assay to Evaluate the Effect of HIV on Specific
Antibodies to Pregnancy-Associated Malaria.

Ataíde R, Hasang W, Wilson DW, et al 
PLoS One. 2010 May 25;5(5):e10807.
Paper

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Assessment of malaria in pregnancy using rapid diagnostic tests and its association with HIV
infection and hematologic parameters in South-Eastern Nigeria.

Uneke CJ, Iyare FE, Oke P, Duhlinska DD.
Haematologica. 2
008 Jan;93(1):143-4.
Paper
 

Congenital malaria, an important differential diagnosis to consider when evaluating febrile
infants of immigrant mothers.

Hagmann S, Khanna K, Niazi M, et al
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 May;23(5):326-9.
Abstract
 
Short communication: Comparison of the OptiMAL rapid test and microscopy for detection
of malaria in pregnant women in Nigeria.
Vanderjagt TA, Ikeh EI, Ujah IO, et al

Trop Med Int Health.
2005 Jan;10(1):39-41.
Abstract
 
Evaluation of a malaria rapid diagnostic test for assessing the burden of malaria
during pregnancy.
Singer LM, Newman RD, Diarra A, et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 May;70(5):481-5.
Abstract
 
Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria at Delivery: Comparison of Blood Film
Preparation Methods and of Blood Films with Histolog
y.

Rogerson SJ, Mkundika P, Kanjala MK.
J Clin Microbiol 2003 Apr;41(4):1370-1374

Abstract  
 
 
  Detection of congenital malaria by polymerase-chain-reaction methodology in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania.
Adachi M, Manji K, Ichimi R, Nishimori H, et al
Parasitol Res 2000 Aug;86(8):615-8

Abstract  
 

Clinical Management
Drugs

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
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Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the WHO: conclusions and recommendations of September 2012 meeting.
WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Committee and Secretariat
Malar J. 2012 Dec 19;11(1):424.
Paper

Highly Effective Therapy for Maternal Malaria Associated With a Lower Risk of Vertical Transmission.
Poespoprodjo JR, Fobia W, Kenangalem E,  et al
J Infect Dis. 2011 Sep 9.
Abstract

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Clinical malaria in African pregnant women.
Bardaji A, Sigauque B, Romagosa C, et al 
Malar J. 2008 Jan 30;7(1):27

Paper

 

Immunity
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
A model of parity-dependent immunity to placental malaria.
Walker PG, Griffin JT, Cairns M,  et al
Nat Commun
. 2013 Mar 19;4:1609.
Abstract
 
Malaria immunity in infants: a special case of a general phenomenon?
Hviid L, Staalsoe T. et al
Trends Parasitol. 2004 Feb;20(2):66-72
Abstract
 
Immunity to Placental Malaria. IV. Placental Malaria Is Associated with Up-Regulation
of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Intervillous Blood.

Chaisavaneeyakorn S, Moore JM, et al. 
J Infect Dis 2002 Nov 1;186(9):1371-1375

Abstract
 

Prevention
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Developing vaccines to prevent malaria in pregnant women.
Tuikue-Ndam N, Deloron P.

Expert Opin Biol Ther
. 2015 Jun 8:1-10. 
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cost-effectiveness of two versus three or more doses of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a modelling study of meta-analysis and cost data.
Fernandes S, Sicuri E, Kayentao K, et al 
Lancet Glob Health. 2015 Mar;3(3):e143-53
Paper

A systematic review of the impact of malaria prevention in pregnancy on low birth weight and maternal anemia.
McClure EM, Goldenberg RL, Dent AE, Meshnick SR.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2013 Mar 9
.
Abstract

Preclinical evaluation of pregnancy malaria vaccine immunogens: a multi-laboratory approach.
Fried M, Avril M, Chaturvedi R, Fernandez PE. et al
Infect Immun. 2012 Dec 3
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria
in Pregnancy: Provider Knowledge and Acceptability.
Smith Paintain L, Antwi GD, Jones C,  et al
PLoS One
. 2011;6(8):e24035.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Timing of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy and the implications
of current policy on early uptake in north-east Tanzania.

Anders K, Marchant T, Chambo P, et al
Malar J. 2008 May 9;7:79.
Paper
 

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A randomized placebo-controlled trial of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnant women in the
context of insecticide treated nets delivered through the antenatal clinic.

Menéndez C, Bardají A, Sigauque B,et al
PLoS ONE. 2008 Apr 9;3(4):e1934.
Paper
 
Estimation of effectiveness of interventions for malaria control in pregnancy using the
screening method.

Msyamboza K, Senga E, Tetteh-Ashong E

Int J Epidemiol. 2007 Jan 25;
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Reduction of malaria during pregnancy by permethrin-treated bed nets in an area of
intense perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya.

ter Kuile FO, Terlouw DJ, Phillips-Howard PA, et al

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Apr;68(4 Suppl):50-60
Paper
 
Importance and prevention of malaria in pregnancy.
Shulman CE, Dorman EK.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Jan-Feb;97(1):30-5.

Abstract
 


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