African Journal of Malaria and Tropical Diseases

ISSN 2736-173X

African Journal of Malaria and Tropical Diseases ISSN 4123-0981 Vol. 6 (10), pp. 440-443, October, 2018. © International Scholars Journals

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Early detection as a veritable step in preventing the consequences of malaria infection in pregnancy

Tayo Adetokunbo O.1*, Akinola O. I.1, Shittu L. A. J.2, Ottun T. A.1, Bankole M. A.3, Akinola R. A.4, Shittu R. K.5 and Okunribido A. I.1

1Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, Lagos State University College of Medicine/ Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

2Department of Anatomy, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

3Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-araba, Lagos, Nigeria.

4Department of Radiology, Lagos State University College of Medicine/Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

5Medical Microbiology Unit, Bolomedics Laboratories, Egbeda, Lagos, Nigeria.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected].

Accepted 04 September, 2017

Abstract

We studied 270 patients attending the booking antenatal clinic recruited for three months in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Nigeria. Each patient was screened for malaria parasites using Giemsa’s stain of thick and thin blood films on 2 ml venous blood. Parameters on the age, parity, gestation at booking, booking weight, haemoglobin status among others were obtained. Most of the booked patients are primigravida (55%) with 58.4% of the cases between 14 - 26 weeks gestation. 48 and 65% of patients were of blood group O positive and genotype AA. The prevalence rate for malarial parasitaemia was 34% and mostly Plasmodium falciparum were isolated. However, a negative correlation exist between malaria parasitaemia and age of patient (r = - 0.02), parity (r = - 0.02) and gestation at booking (r = -0.08). Malarial parasite load was high especially in primigravida and in second trimester of pregnancies. Since most of the fetal losses associated with malarial parasitaemia in pregnancies occurred during this period, greater attention be paid to this vulnerable group.

Key words: Booking weight, gestational age, LASUTH, malarial parasite, parity.

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