Table 1.

Description of infants residing in Ngali II

Number of infants	70
Gravidity (median, range)	3 (range 1–12)
Gestational age at birth (weeks)a	39.2 ± 2.0
Percent full-term births	89.9%
Birth weight (grams)a	3,177 ± 484
Percent low-birth weight (< 2,500 g)	7.9%
% of women with placental malaria (PM-pos)	46.6% (27/58)
Mean number of visits per infant	8.5 (range 6–9)
Duration of follow-up (days from birth)a	341 ± 42
Mean number of times malaria-positive by microscopy (range)	2.7 ± 2.1 (range: 0 to 7)
Mean number of times malaria-positive by PCR (range)	3.9 ± 2.1 (0 to 8)

^aMean ± SD