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Imported malaria in pregnant women: report from a French University Centre

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Objective

To describe malaria during pregnancy outside endemic areas.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively reviewed all cases of imported malaria during pregnancy, diagnosed over a 11-year period in a French hospital.

Results and conclusion

We recovered 18 cases, all from sub-Saharan countries. The infection could appear distantly from arrival in France (up to 36 months), was asymptomatic in 3 cases, with anemia being the most common marker of infection (n = 14). The adverse consequences for the fetus (n = 3) or the newborn (n = 4) were frequent. Physicians should be aware of these atypical presentations in order to anticipate the diagnosis and improve the maternal and fetal prognosis.

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  1. Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 34 rue Crozatier, 75012, Paris, France

    M. Develoux, D. Magne, G. Belkadi & C. Hennequin

  2. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Inserm UMR S 1135, CNRS ERL 8255, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI-Paris), 75013, Paris, France

    C. Hennequin

  3. Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, 75020, Paris, France

    G. Le Loup, B. Lafon-Desmurs & G. Pialoux

  4. Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, 75020, Paris, France

    E. Daray

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Develoux, M., Le Loup, G., Lafon-Desmurs, B. et al. Imported malaria in pregnant women: report from a French University Centre. Infection 46, 119–122 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-017-1078-0

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