Malaria, malnutrition, and birthweight: A meta-analysis using individual participant data.

Malaria, malnutrition, and birthweight: A meta-analysis using individual participant data.

<h4>Background</h4>Four studies previously indicated that the effect of malaria infection during pregnancy on the risk of low birthweight (LBW; <2,500 g) may depend upon maternal nutritional status. We investigated this dependence further using a large, diverse study population.<h4...

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Main Authors: Jordan E Cates, Holger W Unger, Valerie Briand, Nadine Fievet, Innocent Valea, Halidou Tinto, Umberto D'Alessandro, Sarah H Landis, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Kathryn G Dewey, Feiko O Ter Kuile, Meghna Desai, Stephanie Dellicour, Peter Ouma, Julie Gutman, Martina Oneko, Laurence Slutsker, Dianne J Terlouw, Simon Kariuki, John Ayisi, Mwayiwawo Madanitsa, Victor Mwapasa, Per Ashorn, Kenneth Maleta, Ivo Mueller, Danielle Stanisic, Christentze Schmiegelow, John P A Lusingu, Anna Maria van Eijk, Melissa Bauserman, Linda Adair, Stephen R Cole, Daniel Westreich, Steven Meshnick, Stephen Rogerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002373

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002373

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