ArticleJournal of global health2011
Epidemiology and aetiology of maternal parasitic infections in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Maternal Hookworm Infection and Its Effects on Maternal Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Pooled it
- The frequency of maternal morbidity: A systematic review of systematic reviews.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2018Pooled it
- Screening for Resistant Bacteria, Antimicrobial Resistance Genes, Sexually Transmitted Infections andPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Intestinal Helminth Infections in Ghanaian Children from the Ashanti Region between 2007 and 2008-A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Real-Time PCR-Based Assessment.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Treatment and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Sao Tome and Principe: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of tropical medicine · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Factors Associated with Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Pregnant Women in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia.Journal of parasitology research · 2020Article
- The cross-cutting contribution of the end of neglected tropical diseases to the sustainable development goals.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017Review
- Prevalence of parasitic infections and associations with pregnancy complications and outcomes in northern Tanzania: a registry-based cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Article
- The association of parasitic infections in pregnancy and maternal and fetal anemia: a cohort study in coastal Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Observational
- NTDs V.2.0: "blue marble health"--neglected tropical disease control and elimination in a shifting health policy landscape.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2013Article
- A comparison between antenatal care quality in public and private sector in rural Hebei, China.Croatian medical journal · 2013Article
- Reducing the burden of maternal and neonatal infections in low income settings.Journal of global health · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere have been very few systematic reviews looking at maternal infections in the developing world, even though cutting maternal mortality by three quarters is United Nation's Millennium Development Goal number five. This systematic review has two aims. The first is to present the prevalence of parasitic infections in the developing world over the last 30 years and the second is to evaluate the quality and distribution of research in this field.
methodsA systematic review of Medline, EMBASE and Global Health databases was undertaken using pre-determined search criteria. Three levels of quality criteria for exclusion of inadequate studies identified 115 out of initial 8580 titles. The data were extracted for 5 domains: worldwide pathogen prevalence, year of study, study setting, sample size and diagnostic test for each pathogen.
resultsThe initial search retrieved 8580 results. From these titles, 43 studies on malaria, 12 studies on helminths, 49 studies on Toxoplasma gondii, 7 studies on Chagas disease, 5 studies on Trichomonas, 1 leishmaniasis study and 1 study on trichinellosis were extracted for analysis. High prevalence of malaria was found in Gabon (up to 57%) India (55%), Cameroon (50%), Yemen (55%), Nigeria (up to 64%) and Ghana (54%). High prevalence of hookworm infections was found in Nepal at 78.8% and high values of Ascaris lumbricoides were found in Nepal, (56.2%), Kenya (52.3%) and Gabon (45.5%). High levels of Schistosoma mansoni were found in Zimbabwe (50%) and Tanzania (63.5%). The prevalence of active Toxoplasma gondii infection was found to be highest in India (27.7%).
conclusionThis study highlights the large burden of maternal parasitic infections globally. It may serve as a useful starting point for health policy development and research prioritization in this area.
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