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Table 3 Association between peripheral and placental malaria with IPTp-SP doses

From: Effect of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine doses for prevention of malaria during pregnancy in hypoendemic area in Tanzania

Variable

≤ 2 IPTp-SP doses n = 397

≤3 IPTp-SP doses n = 764

p-value

Peripheral malaria (RDT)

 Positive

2 (0.50)

6 (0.80)

0.72

 Negative

395 (99.50)

758 (99.2)

 

Placenta malaria by histology

 Infected RBCs

12 (3.0)

19 (2.5)

 

 Haemozoin

2 (0.5)

4 (0.5)

0.97

 Infected RBCs + haemozoin

2 (0.5)

3 (0.4)

 

Submicroscopic placental malaria by PCR (n = 286)

 Positive

1 (1.04)

3 (1.58)

1.00

 Negative

95 (98.96)

187 (98.42)

 

Plasmodium species by PCR (n = 4)

 Plasmodium falciparum

1 (100.00)

3 (100.00)

N/A

 Plasmodium vivax

0

0

N/A

 Plasmodium malariae

0

0

N/A

 Plasmodium ovale

0

0

N/A

  1. RDT malaria rapid diagnostic test, RBC red blood cells, PCR polymerase chain reaction, N/A not applicable