Malaria can be fatal during pregnancy, posing a serious risk to both mothers and fetuses, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Primigravidae are particularly susceptible to placental malaria in areas ...

Pregnant women living with HIV showed a threefold increase in the risk for placental malaria in the context of a high viral load, based on data from more than 600 individuals. In the absence of ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2012;10(11):1331-1342. PCR has technical advantages over histology for malaria surveillance because sample collection is simple (finger-prick blood spot on filter paper) ...

The first panoramic view of infection pathways in the human placenta has been created, which could highlight potential drug targets to develop pregnancy-safe therapies for malaria, toxoplasmosis and ...

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association U.K.-based Wellcome has awarded over €2 million to an international research effort to uncover how malaria can injure developing ...

Researchers identified an enzyme that helps Plasmodium-infected red blood cells adhere to the placenta, providing molecular insights into placental malaria. “This is a really lovely piece of science,” ...

Malaria infection during pregnancy poses serious risks to women and infants. The March of Dimes Foundation, an American organization that works to improve pregnancy and baby health, has now funded ...

Roger Casupang was working in a coastal clinic on the north side of Papua New Guinea, an island nation of 9 million in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, when a pregnant woman burst into his facility.

Malaria takes a devastating toll on pregnant women and their babies across Africa. Now a pioneering EU-funded project is working on a new vaccine to increase protection. Malaria remains a deadly ...

Malaria in pregnancy remains a major public health concern, particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa, where Plasmodium falciparum infection can lead to adverse outcomes including maternal anaemia, low ...

Roger Casupang was working in a coastal clinic on the north side of Papua New Guinea, an island nation of 9 million in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, when a pregnant woman burst into his facility.