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[Malaria and pregnancy]

Revue Francaise De Gynecologie Et D'Obstetrique
|October 1, 1986
PubMed

A case of chronic falciparum malaria during pregnancy is reported. The only disturbance was an anaemia, without fever. With chloroquine, the patient was cured. About this case, the barreful results of malaria on pregnancy are discussed: abortion, premature birth, fetal death, low birth weight, congenital malaria, anaemia of mothers. Immune response of the pregnant living in tropical areas is discussed. So is emphasized the need for chemoprophylactic treatment of mothers without immune response, during pregnancy.

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