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Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria
Joint Authors
Ayanwale, Victoria
Mgbemena, Charles
Chukwuemeka, Victoria I.
Mgbemena, Amaka
Omalu, Innocent Chukwuemeka James
Lateef, Adeniran
Olayemi, Israel Kayode
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-08-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Omalu, Innocent Chukwuemeka James& Mgbemena, Charles& Mgbemena, Amaka& Ayanwale, Victoria& Olayemi, Israel Kayode& Lateef, Adeniran…[et al.]. 2011. Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459437
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Omalu, Innocent Chukwuemeka James…[et al.]. Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459437
American Medical Association (AMA)
Omalu, Innocent Chukwuemeka James& Mgbemena, Charles& Mgbemena, Amaka& Ayanwale, Victoria& Olayemi, Israel Kayode& Lateef, Adeniran…[et al.]. Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459437
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-459437