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Immune Parameters in the Cord Blood of Newborns Exposed to Malaria in the Womb

NCT00772642 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2017-07-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study, conducted by the Malaria Research and Training Center at the University of Bamako, Mali, and the NIAID, will examine how exposure to the malaria parasite in the womb affects the developing immune system of newborns. Little is known about how such exposure in the womb may affect the immune system or alter the risk of malaria or responsiveness to vaccination after birth. A better understanding of this process may provide information useful for childhood vaccination strategies in areas where malaria is widespread.

Women 18 years of age and older who live in Bancoumana and are in their last trimester of pregnancy and in good health may be eligible for this study.

Participants have blood samples drawn from a finger stick and through a needle placed in a vein two times for this study: when they enroll in the study and again when they go to the Bancoumana Health Center to deliver their baby. After the baby and placenta are delivered, blood is collected from the umbilical cord and placenta.

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Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    lead NIH

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-08
Completion
2010-09-10

Countries

  • Mali

Study Locations

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