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General Reports

        Internet Documents

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Lives at risk: malaria in pregnancy
WHO Update
April 25, 2003
Report

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

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. 2008 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

The role of Plasmodium falciparum var genes in malaria in pregnancy.
Rowe JA, Kyes SA
Mol Microbiol. 2004 Aug;53(4):1011-9.
Abstract

The contribution of malaria in pregnancy to perinatal mortality.
van Geertruyden JP, Thomas F, Erhart A, D'Alessandro U.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Aug;71(2 Suppl):35-40.
Abstract

The sick placenta-the role of malaria.
Brabin BJ, Romagosa C, Abdelgalil S, et al
Placenta. 2004 May;25(5):359-78.
Abstract

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Maternal malaria and perinatal HIV transmission.
Ayisi JG, van Eijk AM, Newman RD, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis 004 Apr
Paper

Variant surface antigen-specific IgG and protection against clinical consequences of
pregnancy-associated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Staalsoe T, Shulman CE, Bulmer JN, et al
Lancet. 2004 Jan 24;363(9405):283-9.
Abstract

Placental malaria and perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
Inion I, Mwanyumba F, Gaillard P
J Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;188(11):1675-8.
Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum adhesion in the placenta.
Duffy PE, Fried M.
Curr Opin Microbiol. 2003 Aug;6(4):371-6.
Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum infection of the placenta affects newborn immune responses.
smaili J, van der Sande M, Holland MJ, et al
Clin Exp Immunol. 2003 Sep;133(3):414-21.
Abstract

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

The effects of maternal malaria on mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT)
and implications for PMTCT programs
H Brahmbhatt, D Sullivan, F Askin, et al
(15IAC)
Abstract

HIV/Malaria Coinfection

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

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

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

Neonate Immunity

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Neonatal Measles Immunity in Rural Kenya: The Influence of HIV and Placental Malaria Infections
on Placental Transfer of Antibodies and Levels of Antibody in Maternal and Cord Serum Samples.
Scott S, Cumberland P, Shulman CE, et al
J Infect Dis. 2005 Jun 1;191(11):1854-6
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

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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.
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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

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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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