Effectiveness and Compliance of Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLINs) on Malaria Parasitemia among Pregnant Women attending Antenatal Clinics in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
| Autor: | MacDonald D. Wogu, Michael Wogu, Florence O. Nduka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Long lasting
Gynecology Antenatal clinics medicine.medical_specialty Pregnancy Environmental Engineering Cross-sectional study business.industry malaria Prevalence Prenatal care Parasitemia medicine.disease Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering parity trimester women LLINs Environmental health parasitic diseases medicine pregnancy business Malaria |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.7955 |
| Popis: | Aim: To determine the effectiveness and compliance of Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLINs) on malaria parasitaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Rivers State, Nigeria, between April and September 2011. Methodology: Thick and thin blood films were made and stained using parasitological standard procedures to identify malaria parasites. Questionnaires were distributed to collect personal data of the pregnant women examined. Data gotten was analyzed with Chi-square test of significance. Results: A total of 400 pregnant women were examined, 317(79%) used LLINs with 29(9.1%) positive for malaria parasites while 83(21%) did not use LLINs with 75(90.4%) positive for malaria parasites (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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