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Variables
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Sample source
|
|---|
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Placental blood film, N (%)
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Peripheral blood film, N (%)
|
Umbilical Cord blood film, N (%)
|
|---|
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Positive parasitiaemia
|
9/230 (3.9)
|
35/230 (15.2)
|
6/230 (2.6)
|
|
Plasmodium Species
|
|
P.falciparum
|
4 (1.7)
|
12 (5.2)
|
4 (1.74)
|
|
P.vivax
|
5 (2.2)
|
23 (10)
|
2 (0.9)
|
|
Range of parasitiaemia
|
2500–9000/ μl
|
2500–13,500/ μl
|
2000–7500/ μl
|
|
Parasite density/ μl a
|
|
1–999 parasites/μl
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
1000–9999/μl
|
9 (100)
|
32 (91.4)
|
6 (100)
|
|
> 10,000/μl
|
–
|
3 (8.57)
| |
|
Newborn Sex
|
|
Male
|
3 (1.3)
|
15 (6.5)
|
1 (0.4)
|
|
Female
|
6 (2.6)
|
20 (8.7)
|
5 (2.2)
|
- a percentage calculated from the positive malaria parasitemia
