Table 3.

Association Between the Timing of Parasitemia and Placental Malaria

Timing of Parasitemia	Placental Malaria, n/N (%)
	Total	Monthly SP	Monthly DP
No parasitemia detected	0/34 (0)	0/8 (0)	0/26 (0)
Only before the 3rd trimester	62/204 (30.4)	11/40 (27.5)	51 /164 (31.1)
Only during the 3rd trimester	5/21 (23.8)	5/11 (45.5)	0/10 (0)
Before and during the 3rd trimester	217/378 (57.4)	176/252 (69.8)	41/126 (32.5)

Abbreviations: DP, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine; SP, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.