Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna; North Central Nigeria
J. trop. med. (Lond. Online)
; 2012(2012)2012.
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ABSTRACT
The study was designed to determine the true prevalence of congenital; cord; and placental malaria in General Hospital Minna; North Central Nigeria. Peripheral blood smears of near-term pregnant women; as well as the placental; cord; and peripheral blood smears of their newborn babies; were examined for malaria parasites; using the Giemsa staining technique. Out of 152 pregnant women screened; 21 (13.82) of them were infected with malaria parasites. Of the 152 new born babies; 4 (2.63) showed positive peripheral parasitaemia. Placental parasitaemia was 7/152 (4.61); while cord blood parasitaemia was 9/152 (5.92). There were strong associations between peripheral and cord malaria parasitaemia and congenital malaria (P 0.05). Plasmodium falciparum occurred in all; and none had mixed infection. The average birth weights of the babies delivered of nonmalarious pregnant women were higher than those delivered by malarious pregnant women; though not significant (P 0.05). Malaria parasitaemia occurred more frequently in primigravidae than multigravidae
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Main subject:
Pregnancy
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Prevalence
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Malaria
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
J. trop. med. (Lond. Online)
Year:
2012
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Article
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