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Table 3 Frequency of visits to the maternity clinic and malaria episodes per woman

From: Clinical malaria in African pregnant women

N = 2330*

   
  

n

%

Visits per woman

1 visit

1776

76.2

 

2 visits

395

17.0

 

≥ 3 visits

159

6.8

Malaria episodes per woman†

None

1565

67.2

 

1 episode

694

29.8

 

2 episodes

65

2.8

 

3 episodes

6

0.3

Visits per malaria episode‡

1 visit

767

91.1

 

2 visits

72

8.6

 

3 visits

3

0.4

  1. *Number of pregnant women with criteria for blood collection and complete laboratory results
  2. † Defined as P falciparum parasitaemia plus criteria for blood collection. Total of 842 malaria episodes