Prevalence of malaria during pregnancy and antimalarial intervention in an urban secondary health care facility in southern Nigeria

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-243

  Enato, Ehijie F O ^a   Okhamafe, Augustine O ^a   Okpere, Eugene E ^a   Oseji, Frederick I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b St Philomena Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimalarial intervention, urban secondary health care facility; Pregnancy, malaria prevalence; Prevalence, malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROSCOPY; NIGERIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34147166055     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100399     Document Type: Article

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