PLACENTAL MALARIA IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA; THE ROLE OF GRAVIDAE AND PARITY IN REPEATED BOUT OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPRUM INFECTION

V. O.  OKONKWO; C. E. OKAKA; C. A. OKONKWO

doi:10.52417/njls.v4i1.164

PLACENTAL MALARIA IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA; THE ROLE OF GRAVIDAE AND PARITY IN REPEATED BOUT OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPRUM INFECTION

Authors

V. O. OKONKWO
C. E. OKAKA
C. A. OKONKWO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52417/njls.v4i1.164

Keywords:

Placental Malaria, Parity, Parantamia, Multiple Infections.

Abstract

Background & Object: The intensity and susceptibility of Malaria infections during pregnancy is of great public health importance and a long standing mystery. Placental Malaria: the role of gravidae and parity in a repeated bout of P.faciparum infection was investigated in Njikoka Local Government of Anambra State