%0 Journal Article %T Incidencia de las malarias gestacional, cong¨¦nita y placentaria en Urab¨¢ (Antioquia, Colombia), 2005-2007 %A Carmona-Fonseca %A Jaime %A Maestre-B %A Amanda %J Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa %D 2009 %I Federaci¨®n Colombiana de Asociaciones de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa %X introduction: gestational (gm), congenital (cm) and placental malaria (pm) and associated mortality frequency in colombia remains unknown, as does gm£¿s clinical features. objectives: estimating gm, pmand cm prevalence and incidence and mortality caused by gm and cm and describing gm£¿s symptoms and signs. methodology: this was a descriptive study of pregnant women aged 15-44, their children and placentas; it had longitudinal (cohort) and cross-sectional components. the pregnant women were recruited during their prenatal visits and in the delivery rooms of three towns in urab¨¢ (antioquia, colombia) from 2005-2007. results: 2,117 pregnant women were evaluated: a) cohort: n=1,927 women with at least two reviews of thick smear; b) cross-sectional group: n=190 women having had just a thick smear examination (during prenatal consultation or childbirth). there were 220 cases of gm according to thick smear for plasmodium (76% p. vivax, 22% p. falciparum, 2% mixed malaria). gm prevalence was 10.39%, gm incidente 9.28%, 9.01 per 100 women per week gm incidence rate, 2.7% cm and 11.7% pm prevalence. the symptoms and signs found in pregnant women suffering from gm agreed with those for pregnant and non-pregnant women. there were no deaths amongst the 220 pregnant women who had malaria or amongst the five children who presented cm. conclusions: gm, cm and pm frequencies indicated that these types of malaria are public health problems amongst pregnant women and infants in uraba. %K malaria %K pregnancy %K malaria during pregnancy %K congenital malaria %K placental malaria %K incidence %K colombia. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-74342009000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en