Infant sex modifies associations between placental malaria and risk of malaria in infancy

Infant sex modifies associations between placental malaria and risk of malaria in infancy

Abstract Background Placental malaria (PM) has been associated with a higher risk of malaria during infancy. However, it is unclear whether this association is causal, and is modified by infant sex, and whether intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) can reduce infant malaria by preven...

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Main Authors: Abel Kakuru, Michelle E. Roh, Richard Kajubi, Teddy Ochieng, John Ategeka, Harriet Ochokoru, Miriam Nakalembe, Tamara D. Clark, Theodore Ruel, Sarah G. Staedke, Daniel Chandramohan, Diane V. Havlir, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Prasanna Jagannathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Placental malaria
Pregnancy
Infants
Plasmodium falciparum
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03522-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03522-z

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