Incidence of congenital malaria at delivery in Lagos

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dc.contributor.authorOluwole, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorAnorlu, R.I.
dc.contributor.authorFajolu, I.B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-08T14:11:37Z
dc.date.available2019-11-08T14:11:37Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionStaff publicationsen_US
dc.description.abstractTo determine the incidence of congenital malaria at delivery in Lagos, Nigeria. Thick smears were prepared from maternal, umbilical cord, placental blood and neonatal blood of five hundred consenting consecutive women at the time of delivery at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and Lagos Island Maternity Hospital (LIMH) Lagos, Nigeria during the period-August 2011- February 2012. They were stained with Giemsa stain and examined for malaria parasites. A structured form was used to obtain socio-demographic data. Proportions were compared using the Chi square-test and linear regression analysis was used to determine relationship between variables. The mean maternal age was 28.7±3.2years (range21-40years). There were 151 (30.2%) primigravidae and 349(69.8%) multigravidae. Four hundred and twenty two were booked (84.4%), 78(15.6%) were unbooked, and 484 (96.8%) used malaria chemoprophylaxis. 100(20%) of neonatal blood, 154(30.8%) of maternal blood, 108(21.6%) of cord blood and 126(25.2%) of placental smears were positive for malaria parasites. There was a very high positive correlation between neonatal, maternal, umbilical cord and placental parasitaemia (p<0.05). In view of the high rates of malaria parasitaemia in the neonatal smears observed in this study, we recommend health education, routine smear workup for all neonates with fever and effective malaria chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis in pregnancy in Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOluwole AA, Anorlu RI, Fajolu IB. Incidence of congenital malaria at delivery in Lagos. Nigerian Hospital Practice. 2014; 13(5-6):53-60.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6777
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNigerian Hospital Practice;Vol.13(5-6)
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.subjectCongenital malariaen_US
dc.subjectUmbilical corden_US
dc.subjectPlacentaen_US
dc.subjectPlasmodium falciparumen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::MEDICINEen_US
dc.titleIncidence of congenital malaria at delivery in Lagosen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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