Congenital Malaria in England

Mosquitoes and Malaria in England

ClNCE 1917 systematic enquiry and action in regard to the occurrence of malaria in England has been conducted in collaboration with the Medical Departments of the Navy, Army, Air Force and Ministry of Pensions. The problem is concerned with relapsing cases among ex-soldiers who contracted the disease abroad, and with new cases arising in this country. The latter are usually due to the former, a...

Congenital Malaria

Congenital Malaria in China

BACKGROUND Congenital malaria, in which infants are directly infected with malaria parasites from their mother prior to or during birth, is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs at relatively low rates in malaria-endemic regions. It is recognized as a serious problem in Plasmodium falciparum-endemic sub-Saharan Africa, where recent data suggests that it is more common than previo...

Congenital malaria in newborn twins.

A 28-year-old woman (G2P1A), with 36 weeks gestation, reported to a health facility in Sunyani on 22(nd) February 2009 with history of labour pains, without fever. She was reported to have taken sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria prophylaxis during the pregnancy but did not use insecticide-treated net. She delivered twins on the same day. The mother and the twins developed fever on the same...

Congenital malaria: an overview

Congenital malaria is a public health concern globally. This report reviews publications on congenital malaria in the last two decades (1990-2010) with the view to establishing the current global epidemiological trends and the public health implications. A Medline Entrez-PubMed search was performed and published studies on congenital malaria in the last two decades (1990–2010) were identified. ...