Prevalence of submicroscopic congenital malaria and associated risk factors in an area of low endemicity of Guatemala
Submicroscopic malaria infection in pregnancy was shown to be associated with risk of submicroscopic congenital malaria infection. Given the deleterious effects observed of any malaria infection in pregnancy, prompt diagnosis and treatment of malaria infection should be emphasized.
Authors
- Azucena Bardají (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5135-0540)
- Norma Padilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4558-4444)
- Clara Menéndez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2641-6907)
- María Eugenia Castellanos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8181-6321)
- Lucía Ortiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4681-4379)
- R Franco
- David Castañeda
Institutions
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AU)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Universidad Rafael Landívar (GT)
- Departament de Salut (ES)
- Manhiça Health Research Centre (MZ)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (ES)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- James Cook University (AU)
- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (GT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Malaria Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05670-6
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00