INFLUENCE OF MALARIA IN PREGNANCY ON OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ANTIOXIDANTS MICRONUTRIENTS
*U. Wali, A. Musa, I. Garba and A. Abdulhamid
ABSTRACT
Oxidative stress is thought to be involved in the pathophysiology of malaria, especially in pregnancy where natural resistance is markedly reduced. The current study investigated parasite density, malondialdehyde and antioxidants micronutrients of patients with malaria in pregnancy across the trimesters of pregnancy. A total of 174 pregnant women out of which 87 had plasmodium falciparum malaria and 87 controls were grouped into six with twenty-nine participants in each of the trimester within the age range of 17 to 41 years. The mean ±SD of parasite density in women with malaria was obtained across the trimesters (5242±3579/?l of blood) (p
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