Table 1 Description of infants residing in Ngali II

Number of infants

70

Gravidity (median, range)

3 (range 1–12)

Gestational age at birth (weeks)^a

39.2 ± 2.0

Percent full-term births

89.9%

Birth weight (grams)^a

3,177 ± 484

Percent low-birth weight (< 2,500 g)

7.9%

% of women with placental malaria (PM-pos)

46.6% (27/58)

Mean number of visits per infant

8.5 (range 6–9)

Duration of follow-up (days from birth)^a

341 ± 42

Mean number of times malaria-positive by microscopy (range)

2.7 ± 2.1 (range: 0 to 7)

Mean number of times malaria-positive by PCR (range)

3.9 ± 2.1 (0 to 8)