Table 2.
The proportion of newborns with Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in umbilical cord blood, placental parasitemia, and maternal parasitemia, along with parasite density.
| Gravidity | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | >2 | All | |
| Peripheral parasitemia (%) | 34.3 | 35.2 | 20.3 | 28.2 |
| Geometric mean (parasites/μL) (CI 95%) | 2,143.18 (1,552.86–2,957.92) |
894.71 (548.60–1,459.19) |
495.09 (318.44–769.74) |
1,106.47 (871.58–1404.67) |
| Negative peripheral parasitemia (%) | 32.4 | 18.8 | 48.8 | 71.7 |
| Peripheral parasitemia 1–999 (%) | 30.9 | 29.5 | 39.6 | 11.4 |
| Peripheral parasitemia 1,000–4,999 (%) | 53.3 | 19.6 | 27.2 | 7.1 |
| Peripheral parasitemia 5,000–9,999 (%) | 52.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 3.1 |
| Peripheral parasitemia ≥10,000 (%) | 58.8 | 25.0 | 16.2 | 5.2 |
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| Placental parasitemia (%) | 28.5 | 21.9 | 11.4 | 19.5 |
| Geometric mean (parasites/μL) (CI 95%) | 1384.55 (880.97–2,176.00) |
396 (223.30–703.17) |
591.71 (289.60–1,209.00) |
830.52 (599.66–1,150.27) |
| Negative placental parasitemia (%) | 30.9 | 20.0 | 49.1 | 19.9 |
| Placental parasitemia 1–999 (%) | 46.5 | 26.4 | 27.1 | 10.1 |
| Placental parasitemia 1,000–4,999 (%) | 51.2 | 26.8 | 22.0 | 3.2 |
| Placental parasitemia 5,000–9,999 (%) | 50.0 | 29.2 | 20.8 | 1.9 |
| Placental parasitemia ≥10,000 (%) | 69.7 | 6.1 | 24.2 | 2.6 |
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| Umbilical cord parasitemia (%) | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Geometric mean (parasites/μL) (CI 95%) | 263.74 (40.85–1,702.50) |
644.08 (5.85–70,803.72) |
222.16 (0.76–64,635.57) |
315.69 (87.02–1,145.20) |
| Negative umbilical cord parasitemia (%) | 34.9 | 20.5 | 44.7 | 98.6 |
| Umbilical cord parasitemia 1–999 (%) | 61.5 | 15.4 | 23.1 | 1.0 |
| Umbilical cord parasitemia 1,000–4,999 (%) | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Umbilical cord parasitemia 5,000–9,999 (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Umbilical cord parasitemia ≥10,000 (%) | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |