TY - JOUR AU - Brutus, Laurent AU - Santalla, José AU - Schneider, Dominique AU - Avila, Juan Carlos AU - Deloron, Philippe T1 - Plasmodium vivax Malaria during Pregnancy, Bolivia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 10 SP - 1606 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Plasmodium vivax is a major cause of illness in areas with low transmission of malaria in Latin America, Asia, and the Horn of Africa. However, pregnancy-associated malaria remains poorly characterized in such areas. Using a hospital-based survey of women giving birth and an antenatal survey, we assessed the prevalence rates of Plasmodium spp. infections in pregnant women in Bolivia, and evaluated the consequences of malaria during pregnancy on the health of mothers and newborns. P. vivax infection was detected in 7.9% of pregnant women attending antenatal visits, and placental infection occurred in 2.8% of deliveries; these rates did not vary with parity. Forty-two percent of all P. vivax malaria episodes were symptomatic. P. vivax–infected pregnant women were frequently anemic (6.5%) and delivered babies of reduced birthweight. P. vivax infections during pregnancy are clearly associated with serious adverse outcomes and should be considered in prevention strategies of pregnancy-associated malaria. KW - Plasmodium vivax KW - parasites KW - malaria KW - pregnancy KW - anemia KW - birth weight KW - Bolivia KW - birthweight DO - 10.3201/eid1910.130308 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/10/13-0308_article ER - End of Reference