Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in the booking antenatal (ANC) patients at the Lagos state university teaching hospital

• Published in: African journal of biotechnology Vol. 8; no. 15; pp. 3628 - 3631
• Main Authors: Tayo, A O, Akinola, OI, Shittu, LAJ, Ottun, T A, Bankole, MA, Akinola, R A, Shittu, R K, Okunribido, AI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 04.08.2009
• Subjects: Plasmodium falciparum

We studied 270 patients attending the booking antenatal clinic recruited for three months in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Nigeria. Each patient was screened for malaria parasites using Giemsa's stain of thick and thin blood films on 2 ml venous blood. Parameters on the...