Prevalence of malaria parasitemia amongst asymptomatic pregnant women attending a Nigerian teaching hospital

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-174

  Isah, Aliyu Y ^a   Amanabo, Momoh A ^a   Ekele, Bissallah A ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; malaria parasite; pregnant women

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CENTRIFUGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959980692     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.82070     Document Type: Article

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