Malaria, hepatitis B and their co-infection among pregnant women visiting maternity centers in Akure, Nigeria

• Authors: Olajide Joseph Afolabi , Tolulope Patience Bakare
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The state of pregnancy is considered a high-risk factor for acquisition of malaria and hepatitis B infections due to hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy. The research was aimed at determining the prevalence of malaria, hepatitis B and their co-infection among pregnant women visiting maternity centers in Akure South Local Government. Five hundred pregnant women were examined from Comprehensive Health Centre, Arakale and Mother and Child Hospital, Oke- Aro for malaria and hepatitis B. Thick and thin blood smears were prepared to detect the presence of malaria parasites, hepatitis B virus kit was used to detect hepatitis B virus antigen. The results showed that 65.6% of the pregnant women were infected with malaria parasites, while 3.8% were infected with hepatitis B virus. It was further observed that 2.2% pregnant women who had malaria also had Hepatitis B. Malaria was more prevalent among the age group 21-25years (68.1%), and women in their third trimester (66.7%), while hepatitis B virus was more prevalent among age group 41-45years (14.3%) and women in their second trimester (4.6%). The study therefore revealed high prevalence of malaria and low prevalence of Hepatitis B infections among pregnant women in this study area. Therefore, prompt diagnosis and treatment of the two infections among pregnant women should be intensified to prevent maternal and neonate mortality.

Keywords

EN

Co-infection; Hepatitis B; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Discipline

• BIOLOGY: BIOLOGY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 93-102

Contributors

author

Olajide Joseph Afolabi

• Parasitology and Public Health Unit, Department of Biology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

author

Tolulope Patience Bakare

• Department of Biology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

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