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Parasites were detected by polymerase chain reaction in placental and peripheral blood, and placentae were scored histologically for PM. The prevalence of HbAS was 3.7%, and 11.2% of infants were LBW (&lt; 2,500 g). The prevalence of <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic> was 12.7% in placental and 8.5% in peripheral blood; 24.4% of placentae demonstrated histological evidence of <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>. HbAS was not associated with reduced prevalence of <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic> in placental (odds ratio [OR]: 1.27, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.50\u20133.23, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.61) or peripheral blood (OR: 2.53, 95% CI: 1.08\u20132.54, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03), prevalence of histological PM (OR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.40\u20132.34, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.95), or prevalence of LBW (OR: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.24\u20132.73, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.74). Mean (standard deviation) birth weights of infants born to HbAS (2,947 g [563]) and, homozygous hemoglobin A (2,991 g [465]) mothers were similar. Across a range of parasitologic, clinical, and histologic outcomes, HbAS did not confer protection from PM or its adverse effects.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.15-0672","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,22]],"date-time":"2016-03-22T03:56:18Z","timestamp":1458618978000},"page":"1002-1007","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Absence of Association Between Sickle Trait Hemoglobin and Placental Malaria Outcomes"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"94","author":[{"given":"Jaymin C.","family":"Patel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Victor","family":"Mwapasa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Linda","family":"Kalilani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feiko O.","family":"ter 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