Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy

• Main Authors: Meghna Desai, Feiko O. ter Kuile, François Nosten, Rose McGready, Kwame Asamoa, Bernard Brabin, Robert D. Newman
• Other Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Format: Review
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/25019
• Institution: Mahidol University

We reviewed evidence of the clinical implications and burden of malaria in pregnancy. Most studies come from sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately 25 million pregnant women are at risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection every year, and one in four women have evidence of placental infection at the...