Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Minna, North Central Nigeria
| Autor: | Adeniran Lateef, Victoria I. Chukwuemeka, Amaka Mgbemena, Charles Mgbemena, Innocent Chukwuemeka James Omalu, I.K. Olayemi, Victoria Ayanwale |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Cord lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Article Subject business.industry Obstetrics North central lcsh:RC955-962 General Medicine Malaria parasitaemia medicine.disease Microbiology Congenital malaria Giemsa stain Cord blood parasitic diseases medicine Parasitology medicine.symptom General hospital business Malaria Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 2012 (2012) Journal of Tropical Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1687-9694 1687-9686 |
| Popis: | 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 falciparumoccurred 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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