Submicroscopic malaria in pregnancy and associated adverse pregnancy events: A case-cohort study of 4,352 women on the Thailand–Myanmar border
In low transmission settings, uPCR identifies substantially more malaria infections at antenatal screening than conventional diagnostic methods. On the Thailand-Myanmar border, submicroscopic malaria at first antenatal consultation was associated with higher risks of microscopically diagnosed malaria later in pregnancy, anaemia, and reduced birth weight.
Authors
- Warat Haohankhunnatham
- Mary Ellen Gilder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8811-8123)
- Aung Myat Min (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4438-0888)
- Stéphane Proux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4201-5473)
- Peter Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-270X)
- Mallika Imwong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0857-1855)
- Germana Bancone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4550-0431)
- Gornpan Gornsawun
- Verena I. Carrara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2758-0872)
- Clare Ling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5188-0349)
- Cindy S. Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9465-8214)
- Nicholas John White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-1978)
- Prakaykaew Charunwatthana
- Makoto Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1667-9287)
- Nay Win Tun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4962-1057)
- Rose McGready
- François Henry Nosten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-0745)
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (TH)
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (TH)
- Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004529
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.27
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- University of Oxford