parasitaernia. This showed a significantly higher parasite rate (Java web hosting)
parasitaernia. This showed a significantly higher parasite rate in the rural area as compared to the urban areas (p < 0.05). Only P. falciparum was found in the urban subjects while 7.4 pc of the rural infection was due to P. malariae. All the different erythrocytic stages both sexual and asexual forms of P. falciparum were seen in the rural samples whereas no schizont was seen in the urban samples. The haernoglobin genotype did not affect the prevalence of parasitaemia. in the two populations studied. However, a lower parasite rate was observed among G6PD deficient subjects in both populations. There was also a significantly lower parasite infection rate among those with the B-antigen in the two populations studied. [A case of Plasmodium falciparum. malaria successfully treated with halofantrine] Obana M; Oda T; Matsuoka Y; Irimajiri S; Kano S; Suzuki M Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital. Kansenshogaku, Zasshi (JAPAN) Mar 1994, 68 (3) p399-402, ISSN A 44-year-old male, who had been to Lagos, Nigeria, was admitted to our hospital because of a high grade fever on July 20, 1993. On admission, Plasmodium falciparum was detected in his blood smears and the antibody titers against P. falciparurn and Plasmodium vivax antigens were 1:256 and < 1:4 respectively by the indirect fluorescent antibody test. Therefore, he was diagnosed as having P. falciparum. malaria. He was treated with halofantrine (Halfan: Smith Kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, England), two tablets at six-hourly intervals, a total of six tablets (1500 mg). Parasites were cleared rapidly and remission was achieved without any adverse reactions. Halofantrine can therefore be recommended for the treatment of imported P. falciparurn malaria. A study of malaria parasitaemia in pregnant women, placentae, cord blood and newborn babies in Lagos, Nigeria. Lamikanra OT Institute of Child Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Surulere. West Afr J Med (NIGERIA) Oct-Dec 1993, 12 (4) p213-7, ISSN 0189-160X The peripheral blood of 10 1 pregnant women at delivery, their 105 new bom babies and the corresponding placental, and cord blood smears were examined cross sectionally for malaria parasites, during a 3 month period (May-July, 1986). The average maternal age was 26.3 years. Positive parasitaemia was found in 2.97% of maternal peripheral thick blood films; in 2.94% of placental smears, and in 0.95% of cord blood films. Congenital malaria did not occur in the babies. Rising incidence of cerebral malaria in Lagos, Nigeria: a postmoterm study. Elesha SO; Adepoju FB; Banjo AA Department of Morbid Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. East Afr Med J (KENYA) May 1993, 70 (5) p302-6, ISSN 0012-835X One hundred and forty seven cases of acute malaria were diagnosed at autopsy between 1988 and 1991 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). In 67 (46.5%) cases death was attributed to cerebral malaria (CM). There was a gradual increase in the incidence of CM during the period under review. Both sexes were affected equally but more children than adults succumbed. The highest death rate was recorded in the age group 1-5 years with a peak in the 2nd and 3rd year. There were seven adults out of which one was intenerant white lady. Only one of the six adult Nigerians had travelled outside Africa and stayed away for about four years. The commonest presenting symptoms were: fever only, fever with convulsions and/or coma and Part I-15
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