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Malarial infection during pregnancy
1Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, USA.
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
This article reviews the parasitology of malaria, epidemiology in pregnancy, pathogenesis of increased susceptibility to infection in pregnancy, the effect of pregnancy on the clinical manifestations of malaria, the effect of malaria on perinatal outcomes, the safety of antimalarial agents during pregnancy, the role of chemoprophylaxis for inhabitants and travelers to endemic areas, and treatment of clinical malarial infections during pregnancy.