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Prevalence of Malaria Parasitaemia in Severely Malnourished Children at UTH's Ward A07 and Matero Reference Clinic
(2012-01-17)
Malnutrition contributes 53% of under-five mortality.Under-five children of Sub Saharan Africa are the group most affected by both
malnutrition and malaria. Malaria is a major public health problem in Zambia. The
disease ...
Determination of levels of utilization and adherence to intermittent presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine among pregnant women in Ndola Urban District, Zambia
(2012-08-13)
Malaria in pregnancy is a major public health problem in Zambia and in many other developing countries. Adverse outcomes include low birth weight and fetal death as well as maternal mortality and morbidity. The Ministry ...
Determination of plasmodium falciparum parasites diversity using MSPII family specific allelic primers among symptomatic children aged five years and below in Zambia
(2012-06-21)
Introduction: Malaria is still a major public health problem in many tropical and subtropical countries. Therefore effective integrated malaria control strategies are a requirement. However, parasite antigen diversity might ...
Association of intraleukocytic malaria pigment with disease severity in children with plasmodium falciparum Malaria
(2012-07-10)
In malaria diagnosis, peripheral parasitaemia is used as an indicator of malaria severity. However, this does not quantify central sequestration, which is important in the pathogenesis of severe malaria. Intraleukocytic ...