TY  - JOUR
T1  - Malaria in Pregnancy in Minna Metropolis, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
AU - Ejima, I.A.A. AU - Yakub, M.A. AU - Olayemi, I.K. AU - Abolarinwa, S.O. 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
SP  - 110
EP  - 117
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2013.110.117
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2013.110.117
KW  - Minna metropolis
KW  -Plasmodium falciparum
KW  -disease
KW  -women
KW  -infection
AB  - Studies were carried out on 182 pregnant women in Minna metropolis, 
  to determine the prevalence and intensity of <I>Plasmodium falciparum</I> infection 
  using both Parasitological test and Rapid diagnostic test methods of diagnosis. 
  The prevalence and parasitaemia level among the subjects examined in the three 
  different health centres were compared. The overall prevalence of the disease 
  was 58.2% (106 infected out of 182). Of the total pregnant women examined in 
  General Hospital (hospital A) (n = 81), Unity Clinic (hospital B) (n = 60) and 
  Bay Clinic (hospital C) (n = 41), 53 (65.4%), 31 (51.7) and 22 (53.7%) were 
  infected with <I>Plasmodium falciparum</I>, respectively. The severity of infection 
  for first trimester was at its peak (100%) while for the other two trimesters, 
  severity was 0%. Prevalence rates of <I>Plasmodium falciparum</I> infection 
  among pregnant women attending the three health facilities were significantly 
  different (p&lt;0.05). There was also significant difference in prevalence rates 
  of infection in terms of trimesters of pregnancy in all the three health facilities 
  (p&lt;0.05). There was however, no significant difference in the level of parasitaemia 
  (geometric mean intensity, GMI/microlitre of blood) among the pregnant women 
  attending the three health facilities (p&gt;0.05). The baseline information 
  provided in this research will guide pregnant women in taking routine antenatal 
  check-up and intermittent treatment with appropriate chemotherapy seriously.
ER  -