Association of Malaria Infection During Pregnancy With Head Circumference of Newborns in the Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Malaria during pregnancy is associated with adverse events for the fetus and newborn, but the association of malaria during pregnancy with the head circumference of the newborn is unclear.

Objective

To investigate the association of malaria during pregnancy with fetal head growth.

Design, setting, and participants

Two cohort studies were conducted at the general maternity hospital of Cruzeiro do Sul (Acre, Brazil) in the Amazonian region. One cohort study prospectively enrolled noninfected and malaria-infected pregnant women who were followed up until delivery, between January 2013 and April 2015. The other cohort study was assembled retrospectively using clinical and malaria data from all deliveries that occurred between January 2012 and December 2013. Dat

SUBMITTER: Dombrowski JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503507 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature