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Birthweight in Offspring of Mothers with High Prevalence of Helminth and Malaria Infection in Coastal Kenya
- Source :
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88:48-53
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013.
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Abstract
- Results of studies on the associations of maternal helminth infection and malaria-helminth co-infection on birth outcomes have been mixed. A group of 696 pregnant women from the Kwale district in Kenya were recruited and tested for malaria and helminth infection at delivery. Birthweight was documented for 664 infants. A total of 42.7% of the mothers were infected with Plasmodium falciparum, 30.6% with Schistosoma haematobium, 36.2% with filariasis, 31.5% with hookworm, and 5.9% with Trichuris trichiura; co-infection was present in 46.7%. Low birthweight (LBW) (weight < 2,500 grams) was present in 15.4% of the offspring, and 8.3% had a weight z-score ≤ 2 SD below the World Health Organization mean. Only gravida, age, and locale had a significant association with LBW. The high prevalence of maternal infection coupled with a higher than expected percentage of LBW highlight a need for further investigation of the association of maternal co-infection with LBW.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Offspring
Cross-sectional study
Birth weight
Helminthiasis
Filariasis
Virology
parasitic diseases
Prevalence
medicine
Birth Weight
Humans
reproductive and urinary physiology
Schistosoma haematobium
biology
Articles
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Kenya
Malaria
Cross-Sectional Studies
Infectious Diseases
Trichuris trichiura
Parasitology
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14761645 and 00029637
- Volume :
- 88
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6c3fa94e805ffe8b476d3647139748b3