Impact of Malaria on The Concentration Ofmanganese In Pregnant Women In Nnewi (South East Nigeria)
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 10
Abstract
Malaria during pregnancy continues to be a major health problem in endemic countries with clinical consequences including death of both mother and child and attendant derangement in trace elements. This study is aimed at evaluating the relationship between the trace elementmanganese and malaria density in pregnant women with malaria. The patients were pregnant women attending the ante natal clinic of NnamdiAzikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anambra, South East, Nigeria. The controls were pregnant women without malaria, non-pregnant women with malaria and non-pregnant women without malaria. The serum level of manganese was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry while the malaria density was determined by counting the parasites against white cells. From results, Manganese showed a non-significant increase in pregnant women with malaria 11.43±4.22µmol/L compared to pregnant women without malaria 6.44±1.03µmol/L, non-pregnant women with malaria 2.14±0.45µmol/L and non-pregnant women without malaria 4.49±0.33µmol/L (F= 2.040; p>0.05). Manganese also showed a strong negative correlation with parasite density (r= 0.48; p=0.001).
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Ozougwu C. P, Aniagolu M. O, Ugwuene F. O
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