Table 6 Top 15 English-language articles with malaria in pregnancy as main theme by citations, May 2012*

1

Fried et al. 1996 [14]

Adherence of Plasmodium falciparum to chondroitinsulphate A in the human placenta

2

Brabin 1983 [24]

An analysis of malaria in pregnancy in Africa

3

Steketee et al. 2001 [5]

The burden of malaria in pregnancy in malaria-endemicareas

4

McGregor 1984 [25]

Epidemiology, malaria and pregnancy

5

Fried et al. 1998 [26]

Maternal antibodies block malaria

6

McGregor et al. 1983 [27]

Malaria infection of the placenta in The Gambia, WestAfrica: its incidence and relationship to stillbirth, birthweight and placental weight

7

Parise et al. 1998 [28]

Efficacy of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for preventionof placental malaria in an area of Kenya with a highprevalence of malaria and human immunodeficiency virus

8

Salanti et al. 2003 [29]

Selective upregulation of a single distinctly structuredvar gene in chondroitin sulphate A-adhering P. falciparuminvolved in pregnancy-associated malaria

9

Shulman et al. 1999 [30]

Intermittent sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to preventsevere anaemia secondary to malaria in pregnancy: arandomized placebo-controlled trial

10

Beeson et al. 2000 [31]

Adhesion of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes tohyaluronic acid in placenta

11

Menendez 1995 [32]

Malaria during pregnancy: a priority area of malariaresearch and control

12

Desai et al. 2007 [4]

Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy

13

Steketee et al. 1996 [33]

The effect of malaria and malaria prevention in pregnancyon offspring birth weight, prematurity and intrauterine growthretardation in rural Malawi

14

Menendez et al. 2000 [34]

The impact of placental malaria on gestational age and birthweight

15

Fried et al. 1998 [35]

Malaria elicits type 1 cytokines in the human placenta; IFN-λand TNF-α associated with pregnancy outcomes