Peripheral Plasmodium Falciparum Infection And Antibody Levels Among Pregnant Women On Intermittent Preventive Treatment In Ghana: Implications For Malaria And Transfer Of Immunity To Babies

The effect of pregnancy associated malaria (PAM) differs according to the level of malaria endemicity and the level of immunity to infection acquired by pregnant woman. Generally the incidence as well as severity of PAM is parity-linked. Immunologically naive primigravid women are at greater risk compared to multigravidae who have some level of immunity against the specific malaria parasites which colonize the placenta.