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Malaria Risk Factors
Non- and semi-immune pregnant women and their fetuses are at risk for malaria
October 20th, 2005
Non- and semi-immune pregnant women and their fetuses are at risk for malaria. According to a recent report from England, "Malaria in pregnancy is one of the major causes of maternal morbidity worldwide and leads to poor birth outcomes. "There is a complex interaction between pregnancy and parasite - all favor the parasite and disadvantage the pregnant woman." "Women who are semi-immune lose much of that immunity. They may present with placental malaria but with no parasites in their peripheral blood. "A nonimmune pregnant women and her fetus are at serious risk from falciparum malaria," said C.J.M. Whitty and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-20)
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