Molecular Detection of Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Matched Peripheral and Placental Blood Samples from Delivering Women in Libreville, Gabon

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the delivering women.

	All		2005		2011
		%		%		%
No IPTp	21	48	18	75	3	15
IPTP	23	52	6	25	17	85
1 dose	8	35	6	33	2	10
2 doses	6	14	0	0	6	30
3 doses	9	20	0	0	9	45
MN peripheral	39	89	23	96	16	80
MN placental	38	86	21	88	17	85

MN: microscopy negative, MP: microscopy positive.