Open AccessOutcomes of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in neonates in a tertiary hospital, southeast Nigeria
Author(s) -
Matthew Igwe Nwali,
Ouj Umeora,
Benjamin C. Ozumba,
Robinson Chukwudi Onoh,
UM Agwu,
Joseph Agboeze
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.132063
Subject(s) - malaria , asymptomatic , medicine , tertiary level , pediatrics , immunology , psychology , mathematics education
Malaria infestation during pregnancy is mostly asymptomatic and untreated especially in unbooked pregnancies. It presents with almost all the fetal complications of overt malaria in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia on the neonates of unbooked parturients delivered at term at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.