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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

Malaria in pregnancy can seriously harm both the mother and the unborn baby, especially if the infection is not treated early ...

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,” ...

In recent years, malaria has become harder to recognise in her community, because of appearing in unusual seasons. At home, ...

What expecting mothers must know about malaria risks and prevention. According to the latest World Malaria Report, there were ...

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 ...

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 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 ...