PMID: 6989276Mar 1, 1980Paper

Seroepidemiological studies of malaria in pregnant women and newborns from coastal El Salvador

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
C C CampbellW E Collins

Abstract

A cohort of 113 women and their newborns from the coastal area of El Salvador were studied longitudinally to estimate malaria incidence and indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) response to malaria infection. The district in which the study was conducted had an estimated annual parasite index of 600/1,000 inhabitants, and all malaria infections were treated immediately with a 4-aminoquinoline. In the third trimester of pregnancy, the IFA response to Plasmodium falciparum was significantly depressed. As a result of antimalarial therapy and depressed immune responsiveness, 49% (P. vivax) and 53% (P. falciparum) of the pregnant subjects had a malaria IFA titer less than 1:20 at the time of delivery. Malaria IFA crossed the placenta to the fetus with a step-down of approximately a 4-fold dilution, except for the step-up noted in the P. falciparum titer for 17 of 116 newborns. Due to the overall low prevalence and intensity of maternal IFA, a titer of at least 1:20 was passed to only 23% (P. vivax) and 45% (P. falciparum) of newborns. Passively-acquired malaria IFA degraded with a half-life estimated between 43 and 52 days. During follow-up of infants to 6 months of age, no protection from malaria resulting from passively-acquired ant...Continue Reading

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