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Detecting temporal and spatial malaria patterns from first antenatal care visits.

Publicated to: - 2023-02-20 (), DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2592126/v1

Authors: Pujol A; Brokhattingen N; Matambisso G; Mbeve H; Cisteró P; Escoda A; Maculuve S; Cuna B; Melembe C; Ndimande N; Munguambe H; Lopez JM; Nhamussa L; Simone W; Tetteh K; Drakeley C; Gamain B; Chitnis C; Chauhan VS; Quintó L; Chidimatembue A; Soler HM; Galatas B; Guinovart C; Saute F; Aide P; Macete E; Mayor A

Affiliations

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). - Author
Barcelona Institute for Global Health. - Author
Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça. - Author
CISM. - Author
INSERM. - Author
Institut Pasteur. - Author
International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology. - Author
ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health. - Author
ISGlobal, Barcelona Center for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona / Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça. - Author
ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona. - Author
ISGlobal. - Author
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. - Author
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. - Author
Manhiça Health research Center. - Author
Manhiça Health Research Centre. - Author
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Abstract

Pregnant women attending first antenatal care (ANC) visits represent a promising malaria surveillance target in Sub-Saharan Africa. Here we assessed the spatio-temporal relationship between malaria at ANC (n=6,471), in children at the community(n=9,362) and at health facilities (n=15,467) in southern Mozambique (2016-2019). ANC P. falciparum rates detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction mirrored rates in children, regardless of gravidity and HIV status (Pearson correlation coefficient [PCC]>0.8, χ²<1.1), with a 2-3 months lag. Only at rapid diagnostic test detection limits at moderate-to-high transmission, multigravidae showed lower rates than children (PCC=0.61, 95%CI[-0.12-0.94]). Seroprevalence against the pregnancy-specific antigen VAR2CSA reflected declining malaria trends (PCC=0.74, 95%CI[0.24-0.77]). 80% (12/15) of hotspots detected from health facility data using a novel hotspot detector, EpiFRIenDs, were also identified with ANC data. The results show that ANC-based malaria surveillance offers contemporary information on temporal trends and the geographic distribution of malaria burden in the community.

Keywords

Good health and well-being

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.5, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-16, the following number of citations:

  • Open Alex: 3

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 41.

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, with a probability of 85% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Pujol A) and Last Author (Mayor Aparicio, Alfredo Gabriel).