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Elizeus Kahigwa
Researcher at Saint Francis University
Publications - 39
Citations - 3863
Elizeus Kahigwa is an academic researcher from Saint Francis University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Population. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 39 publications receiving 3730 citations. Previous affiliations of Elizeus Kahigwa include World Health Organization.
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The impact of placental malaria on gestational age and birth weight.
Clara Menendez,Jaume Ordi,Mamudo R. Ismail,Pere Joan Ventura,John J. Aponte,Elizeus Kahigwa,F. Font,Pedro L. Alonso +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that placental malaria causes prematurity even in high-transmission areas, and the impact of maternal malaria on infant mortality may be greater than was thought previously.
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Randomised placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation and malaria chemoprophylaxis for prevention of severe anaemia and malaria in Tanzanian infants
Clara Menendez,Elizeus Kahigwa,R. Hirt,Penelope Vounatsou,John J. Aponte,F. Font,Camilo J. Acosta,David Schellenberg,Claudia M. Galindo,J. Kimario,Honorathy Urassa,Bernard J. Brabin,Thomas J. Smith,Andrew Y Kitua,Marcel Tanner,Pedro L. Alonso +15 more
TL;DR: Iron supplementation of infants to prevent iron-deficiency anaemia, even in malaria-endemic areas is supported, and malaria chemoprophylaxis during the first year of life was effective in prevention of malaria and anaemia but apparently impaired the development of natural immunity.
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Intermittent treatment for malaria and anaemia control at time of routine vaccinations in Tanzanian infants: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
David Schellenberg,Clara Menendez,Elizeus Kahigwa,John J. Aponte,Josep Vidal,Marcel Tanner,Hassan Mshinda,Pedro L. Alonso +7 more
TL;DR: Intermittent sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine treatment was well tolerated and no drug-attributable adverse events were recorded and Serological responses to EPI vaccines were not affected by the intervention.
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Placental pathology in malaria: a histological, immunohistochemical, and quantitative study.
Mamudo R. Ismail,Jaume Ordi,Clara Menendez,Pere Joan Ventura,John J. Aponte,Elizeus Kahigwa,Rosemary Hirt,Antonio Cardesa,Pedro L. Alonso +8 more
TL;DR: Placental histology is more sensitive than peripheral blood examination in detecting malarial infection during pregnancy, suggesting that mechanisms other than immunosuppression are responsible for the high susceptibility in primiparas.
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Massive chronic intervillositis of the placenta associated with malaria infection
Jaume Ordi,Mamudo R. Ismail,Pere Joan Ventura,Elizeus Kahigwa,Rosemary Hirt,Antonio Cardesa,Pedro L. Alonso,Clara Menendez +7 more
TL;DR: Morphologic changes of MCI are seen in a significant percentage of placentas with malarial infection, especially in primigravida women, and are associated with a low birth weight, so Malarial infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of massive intervillous infiltrates.