Malaria in the post-partum period; a prospective cohort studyMachteld E Boel
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand
PLoS ONE 8:e57890. 2013
..A matched cohort study was conducted to evaluate prospectively the susceptibility to malaria of post-partum women in an area where P.falciparum and P.vivax are prevalent...
- No association of phenotypic ABO blood group and malaria during pregnancy
Machteld E Boel
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Trop Med Hyg 87:447-9. 2012
..The ABO blood group phenotype was not associated with the species of infection, frequency of malaria attacks, symptoms of malaria, hematocrit, or parasitemia during pregnancy...
- The epidemiology of postpartum malaria: a systematic review
Machteld E Boel
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, PO Box 46, 63110 Mae Sot Tak, Thailand
Malar J 11:114. 2012
..Current evidence suggests an effort should be made to detect and radically cure malaria during pregnancy so that women do not enter the postpartum period with residual parasites...
Castor oil for induction of labour: not harmful, not helpfulMachteld Elisabeth Boel
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, PO Box 46 Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 49:499-503. 2009
..Castor oil is one of the most popular drugs for induction of labour in a non-medical setting; however, published data on safety and effectiveness of this compound to induce labour remain sparse...
- Complex Interactions between soil-transmitted helminths and malaria in pregnant women on the Thai-Burmese border
Machteld Boel
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Tak, Thailand
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4:e887. 2010
..We examined the association between geohelminths and malaria in pregnancy on the Thai-Burmese border...
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine rescue treatment of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnancy: a preliminary reportMarcus J Rijken
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:543-5. 2008
..This rescue treatment was effective and well tolerated and there was no evidence of toxicity for the mothers or the fetus. The PCR adjusted cure rate by Kaplan Meier analysis at day 63 was 92.2% (95% CI: 76.9-97.4)...
- Chloroquine resistant vivax malaria in a pregnant woman on the western border of Thailand
Marcus J Rijken
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, PO Box 46 Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand
Malar J 10:113. 2011
..vivax. This is the first clinically and laboratory confirmed case of two high-grade CQ resistant vivax parasite strains from Thailand...
- Malaria in pregnancy in the Asia-Pacific region
Marcus J Rijken
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand
Lancet Infect Dis 12:75-88. 2012
..When malaria in pregnancy cannot be prevented, accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment are needed to avert dangerous symptomatic disease and to reduce effects on fetuses...
