Open AccessPlasmodium falciparum parasitaemia among booked parturients who received two doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) in a tertiary health facility Southeast Nigeria
Author(s) -
Matthew Igwe Nwali,
Brown N Ejikeme,
Joseph Agboeze,
Azubuike K. Onyebuchi,
Bonaventure Okechukwu Anozie
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.160406
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine , sulfadoxine , pregnancy , obstetrics , asymptomatic , parasitemia , plasmodium falciparum , pediatrics , immunology , pyrimethamine , biology , genetics
Malaria is preventable but has contributed significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality in our environment. Malaria parasitaemia during pregnancy is mostly asymptomatic, untreated but with complications.