Maternal and household risk factors for malaria in pregnancy and low birthweight: a prospective cohort study from Uganda
In an area of high malaria transmission, young primigravida women and those living in traditionally constructed houses had the greatest risk of malaria parasitemia during pregnancy. Primigravida women also had higher risks of low birth weight and high grade placental malaria.
Authors
- Peter Olwoch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7396-3348)
- Miriam Nakalembe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7569-8173)
- Stephanie L. Gaw
- Michelle E. Roh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-0801)
- Prasanna Jagannathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6305-758X)
- Dorsey Gm
- Erin J. dela Cruz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3380-5353)
- Abel Kakuru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9941-1309)
- Harriet Adrama
- P Rosenthal
- Nida Özarslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3235-1238)
- Miriam Aguti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8885-6931)
- T. J. H. Clark
- Timothy Ssemukuye
- Joseph Mayende
- Bishop Opira
- Baker Odongo
- Ategeka John
- Jimmy Kizza
- Joaniter I. Nankabirwa
- Anju Ranjit
- Moses Kamya
Institutions
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Busitema University (UG)
- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (UG)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Malaria Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05746-3
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00