Table 1.

Overview of the published reports considered for final analysis.

Characteristic	n (%)
No. of studies	20 (100)
Studied population
Pregnant women	20 (100)
Parasite species reported
Plasmodium falciparum	1 (5)
Plasmodium vivax	1 (5)
P. falciparum and P. vivax	6 (30)
P. falciparum, P. vivax, and Mixed infection	6 (30)
Not defined	6 (30)
Examination method
Microscopy	5 (25)
RDT	2 (10)
Microscopy, RDT*	7 (35)
Microscopy, PCR**	1 (5)
Microscopy, ELISA***	1 (5)
Microscopy, RDT, Placental histology, PCR	1 (5)
Not defined	3 (15)

^*RDT, rapid diagnostic test.

^**PCR, polymerase chain reaction.

^***ELISA, Enzyme linked sorbet assay.