Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon and the Risk Factors Associated with Prematurity and Low Birth Weight: A Descriptive Study.
<h4>Introduction</h4>Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent malaria species in the American region. Brazil accounts for the higher number of the malaria cases reported in pregnant women in the Americas. This study aims to describe the characteristics of pregnant women with malaria in an...
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| author | Camila Bôtto-Menezes Mônica Caroline Silva Dos Santos Janicéia Lopes Simplício Jandira Menezes de Medeiros Kelly Cristina Barroso Gomes Isabel Cristina de Carvalho Costa Eva Batista-Silva Cristiana Teixeira do Nascimento Eda Cristina da Silva Chagas José Felipe Jardim Sardinha Franklin Simões de Santana Filho Marianna Brock Azucena Bardají Flor Ernestina Martínez-Espinosa |
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| description | <h4>Introduction</h4>Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent malaria species in the American region. Brazil accounts for the higher number of the malaria cases reported in pregnant women in the Americas. This study aims to describe the characteristics of pregnant women with malaria in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon and the risk factors associated with prematurity and low birth weight (LBW).<h4>Methods/principal findings</h4>Between December 2005 and March 2008, 503 pregnant women with malaria that attended a tertiary health centre were enrolled and followed up until delivery and reported a total of 1016 malaria episodes. More than half of study women (54%) were between 20-29 years old, and almost a third were adolescents. The prevalence of anaemia at enrolment was 59%. Most women (286/503) reported more than one malaria episode and most malaria episodes (84.5%, 846/1001) were due to P. vivax infection. Among women with only P. vivax malaria, the risk of preterm birth and low birth weight decreased in multigravidae (OR, 0.36 [95% CI, 0.16-0.82]; p = 0.015 and OR 0.24 [95% CI, 0.10-0.58]; p = 0.001, respectively). The risk of preterm birth decreased with higher maternal age (OR 0.43 [95% CI, 0.19-0.95]; p = 0.037) and among those women who reported higher antenatal care (ANC) attendance (OR, 0.32 [95% CI, 0.15-0.70]; p = 0.005).<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study shows that P. vivax is the prevailing species among pregnant women with malaria in the region and shows that vivax clinical malaria may represent harmful consequences for the health of the mother and their offsprings particularly on specific groups such as adolescents, primigravidae and those women with lower ANC attendance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7c6f643500bd449ca0612bb54c6cb8522025-08-20T02:15:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-011012e014439910.1371/journal.pone.0144399Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon and the Risk Factors Associated with Prematurity and Low Birth Weight: A Descriptive Study.Camila Bôtto-MenezesMônica Caroline Silva Dos SantosJanicéia Lopes SimplícioJandira Menezes de MedeirosKelly Cristina Barroso GomesIsabel Cristina de Carvalho CostaEva Batista-SilvaCristiana Teixeira do NascimentoEda Cristina da Silva ChagasJosé Felipe Jardim SardinhaFranklin Simões de Santana FilhoMarianna BrockAzucena BardajíFlor Ernestina Martínez-Espinosa<h4>Introduction</h4>Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent malaria species in the American region. Brazil accounts for the higher number of the malaria cases reported in pregnant women in the Americas. This study aims to describe the characteristics of pregnant women with malaria in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon and the risk factors associated with prematurity and low birth weight (LBW).<h4>Methods/principal findings</h4>Between December 2005 and March 2008, 503 pregnant women with malaria that attended a tertiary health centre were enrolled and followed up until delivery and reported a total of 1016 malaria episodes. More than half of study women (54%) were between 20-29 years old, and almost a third were adolescents. The prevalence of anaemia at enrolment was 59%. Most women (286/503) reported more than one malaria episode and most malaria episodes (84.5%, 846/1001) were due to P. vivax infection. Among women with only P. vivax malaria, the risk of preterm birth and low birth weight decreased in multigravidae (OR, 0.36 [95% CI, 0.16-0.82]; p = 0.015 and OR 0.24 [95% CI, 0.10-0.58]; p = 0.001, respectively). The risk of preterm birth decreased with higher maternal age (OR 0.43 [95% CI, 0.19-0.95]; p = 0.037) and among those women who reported higher antenatal care (ANC) attendance (OR, 0.32 [95% CI, 0.15-0.70]; p = 0.005).<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study shows that P. vivax is the prevailing species among pregnant women with malaria in the region and shows that vivax clinical malaria may represent harmful consequences for the health of the mother and their offsprings particularly on specific groups such as adolescents, primigravidae and those women with lower ANC attendance.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0144399&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Camila Bôtto-Menezes Mônica Caroline Silva Dos Santos Janicéia Lopes Simplício Jandira Menezes de Medeiros Kelly Cristina Barroso Gomes Isabel Cristina de Carvalho Costa Eva Batista-Silva Cristiana Teixeira do Nascimento Eda Cristina da Silva Chagas José Felipe Jardim Sardinha Franklin Simões de Santana Filho Marianna Brock Azucena Bardají Flor Ernestina Martínez-Espinosa Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon and the Risk Factors Associated with Prematurity and Low Birth Weight: A Descriptive Study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon and the Risk Factors Associated with Prematurity and Low Birth Weight: A Descriptive Study. |
| title_full | Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon and the Risk Factors Associated with Prematurity and Low Birth Weight: A Descriptive Study. |
| title_fullStr | Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon and the Risk Factors Associated with Prematurity and Low Birth Weight: A Descriptive Study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon and the Risk Factors Associated with Prematurity and Low Birth Weight: A Descriptive Study. |
| title_short | Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon and the Risk Factors Associated with Prematurity and Low Birth Weight: A Descriptive Study. |
| title_sort | plasmodium vivax malaria in pregnant women in the brazilian amazon and the risk factors associated with prematurity and low birth weight a descriptive study |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0144399&type=printable |
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