Parasitic Disease Burden of Pregnant Women
Keywords:
haemoparasitic infection, prevalence, pregnant womenAbstract
A preliminary survey of intestinal and haemoparasitic infection was studied in pregnant women attending the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) Maternity annex. The parasites were identified in the pregnant women through various parasitological techniques including wet preparation, fomiol-ether concentration technique, thin and thick blood films stained with. Giemsa stain, Knott's concentration technique Of the 300 pregnant women examined for the presence of intestinal and haemo-parasites in Calabar, 94 (31.3%) had single infection of one of the parassites identified in the course of in the estimation, 146 (48.7%) of the pregnant women had mixed infection (infection from more than one parasite), while 60(20.0%) had no infection. The results revealed the following parasite prevalences: Plasmodium falciparum (52.0%), R histolytica (35.0%), R coli (22.7%), A lumbricoides (19.3%), hookworm (17.0%) CL lamblia (0.3%). Infection is more prevalent in pregnant women within the age limit of 18-22years (33.4%). However, no microfllaria or trypanosomes were seen.
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