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. 2012 Oct 30;11:362. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-362

Table 2.

Malaria in pregnancy key words among 2,839 library items with the key words in the title*

Indicator of pregnancy n % Indicator of malaria n %
Pregnant* (Trimester, gestation, HCG, risk group or vulnerable group with reference to pregnancy)
1,824
64.2
Malaria
2,241
78.9
Placenta
505
17.8
P. falciparum
555
19.5
Congenital
220
7.7
P. vivax
42
1.5
Birth (birth weight, birth outcome, childbirth, stillbirth, abortion, delivery, parturition, premature, preterm, newborn, neonatal, child-bearing)
195
6.9
Other species
47
1.7
Maternal
183
6.4
Anti-malarial (either word or anti-malarial drug)
451
15.9
IPTp
162
5.7
ITN or net
82
2.9
Foetus/foetal (Embryo, developmental toxicity, offspring, reproductive toxicity, teratogenic, in utero, trophoblast)
149
5.2
Insecticide
46
1.6
Antenatal/prenatal/perinatal/postpartum (puerperal, postnatal)
120
4.2
Other (e.g. Anopheles gambiae, VAR2CSA, haemozoin, malaria specific antibodies)
15
0.5
Cord
56
2.0
 
Gravid (primigravidae, multigravidae)
47
1.7
 
 
 
CSA only
24
0.8
 
 
 
Breast milk
20
0.7
 
 
 
Diseases characteristic for pregnancy, e.g. pre-eclampsia, HELLP syndrome 5 0.2      

Abbreviations: CSA chondroitin sulphate A; HCG human chorionic gonadotropin (a hormone produced during pregnancy); IPTp intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy; ITN insecticide treated nets.

*An item can have more than one key word related to pregnancy or malaria in the title.