Quantifying Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth and Small-for-Gestational-Age Effects of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Population Cohort Study

Marcus J. Rijken; Alysha M. De Livera; Sue J. Lee; Machteld E. Boel; Suthatsana Rungwilailaekhiri; Jacher Wiladphaingern; Moo Kho Paw; Mupawjay Pimanpanarak; Sasithon Pukrittayakamee; Julie A. Simpson; François Nosten; Rose McGready

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100247

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Quantifying Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth and Small-for-Gestational-Age Effects of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Population Cohort Study

Marcus J. Rijken ,

* E-mail: marcus@shoklo-unit.com

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Alysha M. De Livera,

Affiliation Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Sue J. Lee,

Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Machteld E. Boel,

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Suthatsana Rungwilailaekhiri,

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Jacher Wiladphaingern,

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Moo Kho Paw,

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Mupawjay Pimanpanarak,

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Sasithon Pukrittayakamee,

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Julie A. Simpson,

Affiliation Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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François Nosten,

Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Rose McGready

Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Quantifying Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth and Small-for-Gestational-Age Effects of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Population Cohort Study

Marcus J. Rijken,
Alysha M. De Livera,
Sue J. Lee,
Machteld E. Boel,
Suthatsana Rungwilailaekhiri,
Jacher Wiladphaingern,
Moo Kho Paw,
Mupawjay Pimanpanarak,
Sasithon Pukrittayakamee,
Julie A. Simpson

Published: July 1, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100247

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