Malaria parasitaemia among pregnant women in a rural community Of eastern Nigeria; need for combined measures

Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-100

  Ogbodo, S O ^a   Nwagha, U I ^b   Okaka, A N C ^c   Ogenyi, S C ^a   Okoko, R O ^a   Nwagha, T U ^b  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia; Poor socioeconomic settings; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952935882     PISSN: 0794859X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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