women

This study suggests that certain agricultural activities and types of crop production may increase the risk for malaria among women working in small-scale agriculture.

In this analysis, pharmacokinetic modelling suggests that pregnant women have accelerated DHA clearance compared to non-pregnant women receiving orally administered AS.

Plasmodium falciparum has exerted tremendous selective pressure on genes that improve survival in severe malarial infections.

These results suggest that parasites infecting pregnant women persist after delivery and increase the risk of malaria during the postpartum period.

We investigated whether asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in Beninese women would impair absorption of dietary iron or utilization of circulating iron.

These results help identify the extent of malaria-associated changes women experience during pregnancy.

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Placental IE sequestration in the intervillous space is mediated by variant surface antigens (VSAs) selectively expressed in placental malaria (PM) and specific for chondroitin sulfate A (CSA). In Plasmodium falciparum, these VSAPM appear largely synonymous with the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) family variant VAR2CSA.

The relationship between antenatal care (ANC) visits and coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), and barriers to IPTp-SP access were examined.

Host immunity to VAR2CSA influences the parasite dynamics during pregnancy, suggesting that the acquisition of protective immunity requires pre-exposure to a limited number of parasite variants.