Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria
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...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-c9534c46b815419fa3e41c8a94be152c2025-02-03T01:10:51ZengWileyJournal of Tropical Medicine1687-96861687-96942012-01-01201210.1155/2012/274142274142Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central NigeriaInnocent Chukwuemeka James Omalu0Charles Mgbemena1Amaka Mgbemena2Victoria Ayanwale3Israel Kayode Olayemi4Adeniran Lateef5Victoria I. Chukwuemeka6Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Minna, NigeriaDentistry Department, Niger State General Hospital, Minna 900002, NigeriaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Minna, NigeriaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Minna, NigeriaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Minna, NigeriaDepartment of Biochemistry/Physiology, University of Abuja, FCT, NigeriaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Minna, NigeriaThe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/274142 |
| spellingShingle | Innocent Chukwuemeka James Omalu Charles Mgbemena Amaka Mgbemena Victoria Ayanwale Israel Kayode Olayemi Adeniran Lateef Victoria I. Chukwuemeka Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria Journal of Tropical Medicine |
| title | Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria |
| title_full | Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria |
| title_short | Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria |
| title_sort | prevalence of congenital malaria in minna north central nigeria |
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