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Volume 10, Number 4—April 2004
Research

Maternal Malaria and Perinatal HIV Transmission, Western Kenya1,2

John G. Ayisi*†, Anna M. van Eijk*†, Robert D. Newman‡Comments to Author , Feiko O. ter Kuile*†‡, Ya Ping Shi*‡, Chunfu Yang‡, Margarette S. Kolczak‡, Juliana A. Otieno§, Ambrose O. Misore§, Piet A. Kager†, Renu B. Lal‡, Richard W. Steketee‡, and Bernard L. Nahlen‡¶
Author affiliations: *Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; †University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §Ministry of Health, Kisumu, Kenya; ¶World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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Table 4

Association between maternal viral load and placental malaria among women who did and did not transmit HIV perinatally to their infants, western Kenya, 1996–2001

Geometric mean HIV viral loada
Transmitters Nontransmitters p valueb
All women (N = 455) 7,083 1,378 <0.001
Placental malaria–positive 41,217 1,675 <0.001
Placental malaria–negative
 5,402
 1,286
 <0.001
p value 0.002 0.26

aViral load expressed as copies per microliter of plasma.
bp from t test.

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1This work was presented in part at the Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2001, Atlanta, GA.

2Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Kenya Medical Research Institute or The Ministry of Health, Kenya, or by the Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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