Impact of plasmodium falciparum and hookworm infections on the frequency of anaemia in pregnant women of rural communities in Enugu, South East Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Agu, Polycarp Uche ^a   Ogboi, Johnbull Sonny ^b   Akpoigbe, Kesiena ^c   Okeke, Tochukwu ^a   Ezugwu, Euzebus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Enugu; Hookworm; Malaria; Nigeria; Parasites

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BLOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALNUTRITION; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANTHELMINTICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874401223     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.27.1925     Document Type: Article

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