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Diagnosis was made by optic microscopy, and hemoglobin concentration measured. The associations between age, parity, gestational age, residence, schooling, malaria during gravity, anemia and treatment with incidence of Plasmodium falciparum infection were analyzed through logistic regression. RESULTS: During the period of study, 74 (10.9%) out of 679 women were infected by P. falciparum. The average concentration of hemoglobin was 11.1 \u00b1 0.07g\/dL, and there were significant associations between the history of malaria during pregnancy, P. falciparum infection (p&lt;0.01) and anemia at the time of observation (p&lt;0.001). 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