Research Article

Transplacental Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in a Highly Malaria Endemic Area of Burkina Faso

Table 2

The proportion of newborns with Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in umbilical cord blood, placental parasitemia, and maternal parasitemia, along with parasite density.

Gravidity
12>2All

Peripheral parasitemia (%)34.335.220.328.2
 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 (%)32.418.848.871.7
 Peripheral parasitemia 1–999 (%)30.929.539.611.4
 Peripheral parasitemia 1,000–4,999 (%)53.319.627.27.1
 Peripheral parasitemia 5,000–9,999 (%)52.522.525.03.1
 Peripheral parasitemia ≥10,000 (%)58.825.016.25.2

Placental parasitemia (%)28.521.911.419.5
 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 (%)30.920.049.119.9
 Placental parasitemia 1–999 (%)46.526.427.110.1
 Placental parasitemia 1,000–4,999 (%)51.226.822.03.2
 Placental parasitemia 5,000–9,999 (%)50.029.220.81.9
 Placental parasitemia ≥10,000 (%)69.76.124.22.6

Umbilical cord parasitemia (%)2.41.50.51.4
 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 (%)34.920.544.798.6
 Umbilical cord parasitemia 1–999 (%)61.515.423.11.0
 Umbilical cord parasitemia 1,000–4,999 (%)0.01000.00.1
 Umbilical cord parasitemia 5,000–9,999 (%)0.00.00.00.0
 Umbilical cord parasitemia ≥10,000 (%)66.733.30.00.2