Molecular Survey of Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistant Genes Among Pregnant Women Attending ANC at Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital (MAWCH) Sokoto, Nigeria

Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia among pregnant women: a health facility based survey in Nassarawa-Eggon, Nigeria

1 Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Abuja, Nigeria 2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria 3 Surveillance and Data Management Unit, National Malaria Elimination Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria 4 Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria 5 Patho...

In-Vitro Antimalarial Resistance Pattern of Plasmodium Falciparum Infection Among Pregnant Women In Northern Nigeria

Antioxidant vitamin levels among preschool children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Sokoto, Nigeria

OBJECTIVE To assess antioxidant vitamin levels among preschool children with plasmodium malarial infection. METHODS We assessed antioxidant vitamin levels by using a standard procedure in 130 malaria-parasitized preschool children. Packed cell volume and parasite density were also evaluated. Forty healthy age- and gender-matched nonparasitized children were included as controls. RESULTS Pla...

Nutritional Practices and Taboos Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at General Hospital in Kano, Northwest Nigeria

Background: Food taboos among rural women have been identified as one of the factors contributing to maternal undernutrition in pregnancy. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore some of the taboos and nutritional practices among pregnant women attending antenatal care at a General Hospital in Dawakin Kudu LGA, Kano, Nigeria. Subjects and Methods: This was a cross‐sectional study involving 22...

Relationship between anthropometric and haematological parameters among third trimester pregnant women in Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria.

The pregnancy state in a woman's life is a unique state in terms of the desirable physiological changes and the exciting reversal of the changes soon after the termination of the pregnancy. It is considered essential that to guarantee a good feto-maternal outcome the attainment of optimum anthropometric and haematological parameters are key. Our study assessed the anthropometric and haematologi...