Prevalence of malaria infection in pregnant women compared with children for tracking malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Anna M van Eijk, PhD (Author), Jenny Hill, PhD (Author), Abdisalan M Noor, PhD (Author), Prof. Robert W Snow, FMedSci (Author), Prof. Feiko O ter Kuile, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In malarious areas, pregnant women are more likely to have detectable malaria than are their non-pregnant peers, and the excess risk of infection varies with gravidity. Pregnant women attending antenatal clinic for their first visit are a potential pragmatic sentinel group to track the i...