Research Article
Mother-to-Children Plasmodium falciparum Asymptomatic Malaria Transmission at Saint Camille Medical Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Table 5
Association between maternal malaria infection and IPT-SP and placental and neonatal malaria.
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Parameters | Thick placenta blood smears | value | Thick cord blood films | value | | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive |
| | Thick peripheral blood films | | | | | | | | Negative | 209/217
96.3% | 8/217
3.7% |
<0.001 |
216/217
99.5% | 1/217
0.5% |
NA | | Positive | 12/21
57.1% | 9/21
42.9% | 16/21
76.2% | 5/21
23.8% | | IPT-SP | | | | | | | | No | 34/37
91.9% | 3/37
8.1% |
NS | 36/37
97.3% | 1/37
2.7% |
NA | | Yes | 182/201
90.5% | 19/201
9.5% | 196/201
97.5% | 5/201
2.5% | | Parasite density | | | | | | | | <1000 | 3/11
27.27% | 8/11
72.73% |
NS | 0/5
0% | 1/5
20% |
NA | | ≥1000 | 7/16
43.8% | 9/16
56.2% | 0/5
0% | 4/5
80% |
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NS: not significant; NA: not applicable.
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