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@article{nokey,

title = {Age-modified factors associated with placental malaria in rural Burkina Faso.},

author = {Bi\'{e}bo Bihoun and Serge Henri Zango and Maminata Traor\'{e}-Coulibaly and Innocent Valea and Raffaella Ravinetto and Jean Pierre Van Geertruyden and Umberto D'Alessandro and Halidou Tinto and Annie Robert},

doi = {10.1186/s12884-022-04568-4},

issn = {1471-2393},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-03-01},

urldate = {2022-03-01},

journal = {BMC pregnancy and childbirth},

volume = {22},

issue = {1},

pages = {248},

abstract = {BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy can result in placental infection with fetal implications. This study aimed at assessing placental malaria (PM) prevalence and its associated factors in a cohort of pregnant women with peripheral malaria and their offspring. METHOD: The data were collected in the framework of a clinical trial on treatments for malaria in pregnant women . Placental malaria (PM) was diagnosed by histopathological detection of parasites and/or malaria pigment on placenta biopsies taken at delivery. Factors associated with PM were assessed using logistic regression. RESULTS: Out of 745 biopsies examined, PM was diagnosed in 86.8 % of women. Acute, chronic and past PM were retrieved in 11 (1.5 %), 170 (22.8 %), and 466 (62.6 %) women, respectively. A modifying effect was observed in the association of gravidity or anemia at the study start with pooled PM (presence of parasites and/or malaria pigment). In women under 30, gravidity ≤ 2 was associated with an increased prevalence of pooled PM but in women aged 30 years or more, gravidity was no more associated with pooled PM (OR 6.81, 95 % CI 3.18 - 14.60; and OR 0.52, 95 % CI 0.10 - 2.76, respectively). Anemia was associated with pooled PM in women under 30 (OR 1.96, 95 % CI 1.03 - 3.72) but not in women aged 30 years or more (OR 0.68, 95 % CI 0.31 - 1.49). Similarly, the association of gravidity with past-chronic PM depended also on age. A higher prevalence of active PM was observed in women under 30 presenting with symptomatic malaria (OR 3.79, 95 % CI 1.55 - 9.27), while there was no significant increase in the prevalence of active PM (presence of parasites only) in women with symptomatic malaria when aged 30 years or more (OR 0.42, 95 % CI 0.10 - 1.75). In women with chronic PM, the prevalence of low birth weight or prematurity was the highest (31.2 %) as compared with past PM or no PM. CONCLUSION: Despite the rapid diagnosis and efficacious treatment of peripheral infection, the prevalence of placental malaria remained high in women with P. falciparum peripheral infection in Nanoro, especially in younger women This underlines the importance of preventive measures in this specific group.},

keywords = {*Malaria, *Malaria/epidemiology, Adult, Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso/epidemiology, Falciparum/parasitology, Female, Gravidity, Humans, Malaria, placenta, Placenta/parasitology, Pregnancy, Risk Factors},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Natama2021-ft,

title = {Genetic variation in the immune system and malaria  susceptibility in infants: a nested case-control study in  Nanoro, Burkina Faso},

author = {Hamatandi Magloire Natama and Eduard Rovira-Vallbona and Meryam Krit and Pieter Guetens and Hermann Sorgho and M Athanase Som\'{e} and Maminata Traor\'{e}-Coulibaly and Innocent Val\'{e}a and Petra F Mens and Henk D F H Schallig and Dirk Berkvens and Luc Kestens and Halidou Tinto and Anna Rosanas-Urgell},

doi = {10.1186/s12936-021-03628-y},

issn = {1475-2875},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-02-16},

urldate = {2021-02-01},

journal = {Malar. J.},

volume = {20},

number = {1},

pages = {94},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

abstract = {BACKGROUND: Genetic polymorphisms in the human immune system 

 modulate susceptibility to malaria. However, there is a paucity 

 of data on the contribution of immunogenetic variants to malaria 

 susceptibility in infants, who present differential biological 

 features related to the immaturity of their adaptive immune 

 system, the protective effect of maternal antibodies and fetal 

 haemoglobin. This study investigated the association between 

 genetic variation in innate immune response genes and malaria 

 susceptibility during the first year of life in 656 infants from 

 a birth cohort survey performed in Nanoro, Burkina Faso. 

 METHODS: Seventeen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 11 

 genes of the immune system previously associated with different 

 malaria phenotypes were genotyped using TaqMan allelic 

 hybridization assays in a Fluidigm platform. Plasmodium 

 falciparum infection and clinical disease were documented by 

 active and passive case detection. Case-control association 

 analyses for both alleles and genotypes were carried out using 

 univariate and multivariate logistic regression. For cytokines 

 showing significant SNP associations in multivariate analyses, 

 cord blood supernatant concentrations were measured by 

 quantitative suspension array technology (Luminex). RESULTS: 

 Genetic variants in IL-1$beta$ (rs1143634) and 

 Fc$gamma$RIIA/CD32 (rs1801274)-both in allelic, dominant and 

 co-dominant models-were significantly associated with protection 

 from both P. falciparum infection and clinical malaria. 

 Furthermore, heterozygote individuals with rs1801274 SNP in 

 Fc$gamma$RIIA/CD32 showed higher IL-1RA levels compared to wild-type homozygotes (P = 0.024), a cytokine whose production 

 is promoted by the binding of IgG immune complexes to Fc$gamma$ 

 receptors on effector immune cells. CONCLUSIONS: These findings 

 indicate that genetic polymorphisms in genes driving innate 

 immune responses are associated to malaria susceptibility during 

 the first year of life, possibly by modulating production of 

 inflammatory mediators.},

note = {PMID: 33593344 

PMCID: PMC7885350},

keywords = {Burkina Faso, Case-Control Studies, Cytokines, Falciparum/parasitology, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics, Humans, Immunity, Immunogenetic variants, Infant, Innate immunity, Innate/genetics, Malaria, Male, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium falciparum/physiology},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}