1. Imported malaria in pregnant women: report from a French University Centre
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G. Belkadi, B Lafon-Desmurs, Christophe Hennequin, Gilles Pialoux, D. Magne, G. Le Loup, M. Develoux, and E Daray
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Anemia ,030231 tropical medicine ,030106 microbiology ,Asymptomatic ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Communicable Diseases, Imported ,Pregnancy ,medicine ,Humans ,Young adult ,Africa South of the Sahara ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Malaria ,Low birth weight ,Infectious Diseases ,Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic ,Chemoprophylaxis ,Female ,France ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
To describe malaria during pregnancy outside endemic areas. We retrospectively reviewed all cases of imported malaria during pregnancy, diagnosed over a 11-year period in a French hospital. We recovered 18 cases, all from sub-Saharan countries. The infection could appear distantly from arrival in France (up to 36 months), was asymptomatic in 3 cases, with anemia being the most common marker of infection (n = 14). The adverse consequences for the fetus (n = 3) or the newborn (n = 4) were frequent. Physicians should be aware of these atypical presentations in order to anticipate the diagnosis and improve the maternal and fetal prognosis.
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- 2017