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Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Letter

Loa loa Infection in Pregnant Women, Gabon

Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Jean Rodolphe Mackanga, Arti Basra, Meskure Capan, Rella Zoleko Manego, Ayôla Akim Adegnika, Felix Lötsch, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Raquel González, Clara Menendez, Barthelemy Mabika, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Peter G. Kremsner, and Michael RamharterComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (G. Mombo-Ngoma, J.R. Mackanga, A. Basra, M. Capan, R.Z. Manego, A.A. Adegnika, P.B. Matsiegui, P.G. Kremsner, M. Ramharter); Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon (G. Mombo-Ngoma, J.R. Mackanga, A. Basra, M. Capan, A.A. Adegnika, F. Lötsch, P.G. Kremsne, M. Ramharter); Ngounié Medical Research Centre, Fougamou, Gabon (G. Mombo-Ngoma, R.Z. Manego, P.B. Matsiegui); Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon (G. Mombo-Ngoma, B. Mabika); Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (A.A. Adegnika, M. Yazdanbakhsh); Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (F. Lötsch, M. Ramharter); Hospital Clinic Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (R. González, C. Menendez)

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Table

Baseline characteristics of microfilaremic and amicrofilaremic pregnant women, Gabon, September 2009–April 2012

Characteristic Microfilaremic, no. (%), n = 179 Amicrofilaremic, no. (%), n = 825 p value*
Age, y, n = 1,004 0.156
14–17 17 (9.5) 129 (15.6)
18–20 43 (24.0) 191 (23.2)
21–24 40 (22.3) 168 (20.4)
25–30 34 (19.0) 175 (21.2)
31–49
 45 (25.1)
 162 (19.6)
Gravidity, n = 1,004 0.057
First pregnancy 40 (22.3) 214 (25.9)
1–3 previous pregnancies 73 (40.8) 381 (46.2)
>4 previous pregnancies
 66 (36.9)
 230 (27.9)
Literacy, n = 1,004 0.151
Yes 141 (78.8) 687 (83.3)
No
 38 (21.2)
 138 (16.7)
Delivery outcome, n = 1,004 0.432
Live birth 172 (96.1) 781 (94.7)
Stillbirth or abortion
 7 (3.9)
 44 (5.3)
Maternal malarial infection at delivery, n = 867†‡ 0.453
Yes 6 (3.7) 36 (5.1)
No
 156 (96.3)
 669 (94.9)
Anemia at delivery, hemoglobin <11 g/dL, n = 903† 0.364
Yes 77 (46.1) 368 (50.0)
No
 90 (53.9)
 368 (50.0)
Premature delivery, n = 886† 0.082
Yes 14 (8.5) 36 (72.0)
No
 151 (91.5)
 685 (95.0)
Low birthweight, n = 905† 0.465
Yes 24 (14.3) 90 (12.2)
No 144 (85.7) 647 (87.8)

*By χ2 test.
†Maternal malarial infection, anemia, prematurity, and birthweight were assessed for live births only in this analysis.
‡Low birthweight occurred in 7 (17%) of 41 babies born to malaria-infected mothers compared with 98 (14%) of 721 babies born to non–malaria-infected mothers.

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