Placental Malaria and Its Relationship with Neonatal Birth Weight among Primigravidae: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study.

Kingsley R OranukaCalvin ChamaIbrahim O AdoguChigozie Geoffrey OkaforGeorge U ElejeEmmanuel O UgwuOlumide P AdelekePalmer H ObakpororoKenneth O NnabuchiAbdulazeez YusufNnaemeka P UgwuJosephat C AkabuikeAhizechukwu C Eke

Published in: Exploratory research and hypothesis in medicine (2024)

In Nigeria, there is a strong correlation between low birth weight and placental malaria in Primidravidae. Placental malaria was found to be independently correlated with non-uptake of intermittent preventive therapy for malaria.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
low birth weight
birth weight
preterm infants
preterm birth
gestational age
weight gain
body mass index