| materno-fetal transmission of pregnancy malaria: an immunoparasitological study on 202 parturients in maputo. | a total of 202 delivering mothers and their newborns were studied with the intention to follow the materno-fetal transmission of malaria. malaria infection was encountered in 35 cases (17.3%) in which plasmodium falciparum predominated in peripheral blood while p. malariae predominated on the placental surface. in cord blood p. falciparum was encountered in 1.5% of the cases. there was slightly more maternal infection in rural (23%) than in suburban areas (19%). less malaria infection was encoun ... | 1993 | 8449440 |