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Prevalence of Malaria Infection and Risk Factors Associated with Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Semiurban Community of Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India
Joint Authors
Sohail, Mohammad
Shakeel, Shayan
Kumari, Shweta
Bharti, Aakanksha
Zahid, Faisal
Anwar, Shadab
Singh, Krishn Pratap
Islam, Mazahirul
Sharma, Ajay Kumar
Lata, Sneh
Ali, Vahab
Adak, Tridibes
Das, Pradeep
Raziuddin, Mohammad
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The escalating burden, pathogenesis, and clinical sequel of malaria during pregnancy have combinatorial adverse impact on both mother and foetus that further perplexed the situation of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
This prompted us to evaluate the status of population at risk of MIP in Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India.
Cross-sectional study was conducted over a year at Sadar Hospital, Hazaribag.
Malaria was screened using blood smear and/or RDT.
Anaemia was defined as haemoglobin concentration.
Pretested questionnaires were used to gather sociodemographic, clinical, and obstetrical data.
The prevalence of MIP was 5.4% and 4.3% at ANC and DU, and 13.2% malaria was in women without pregnancy.
Interestingly, majority were asymptomatically infected with P.
vivax (over 85%) at ANC and DU.
Peripheral parasitemia was significantly associated with fever within past week, rural origin of subjects, and first/second pregnancies in multivariate analysis, with the highest risk factor associated with fever followed by rural residence.
Strikingly in cohort, anaemia was prevalent in 86% at ANC as compared to 72% at DU, whereas severe anaemia was 13.6% and 7.8% at ANC and DU.
Even more anaemia prevalence was observed in MIP group (88% and 89% at ANC and DU), whereas severe anaemia was 23% and 21%, respectively.
In view of observed impact of anaemia, parasitemia and asymptomatic infection of P.
vivax during pregnancy and delivery suggest prompt diagnosis regardless of symptoms and comprehensive drug regime should be offered to pregnant women in association with existing measures in clinical spectrum of MIP, delivery, and its outcome.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sohail, Mohammad& Shakeel, Shayan& Kumari, Shweta& Bharti, Aakanksha& Zahid, Faisal& Anwar, Shadab…[et al.]. 2015. Prevalence of Malaria Infection and Risk Factors Associated with Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Semiurban Community of Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056576
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sohail, Mohammad…[et al.]. Prevalence of Malaria Infection and Risk Factors Associated with Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Semiurban Community of Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056576
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sohail, Mohammad& Shakeel, Shayan& Kumari, Shweta& Bharti, Aakanksha& Zahid, Faisal& Anwar, Shadab…[et al.]. Prevalence of Malaria Infection and Risk Factors Associated with Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Semiurban Community of Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056576
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1056576