| perception of causes of malaria and treatment-seeking behaviour of nursing mothers in a rural community. | maternal health care workers' recognition of malaria, its transmission and treatment of children's fever at community level. | 2005 | 16048462 |
| possible risk factors for congenital malaria at a tertiary care hospital in sagamu, ogun state, south-west nigeria. | congenital malaria, defined as the presence of malaria parasites in the erythrocytes of newborns aged <7 days, was considered rare in endemic areas until recent studies started reporting high prevalence rates. various theories have been postulated to explain this phenomenon, but they are not proven conclusively from research. against this background, a prospective study was designed with the following objectives. to determine the prevalence of congenital malaria parasitaemia and identify possibl ... | 2008 | 18375970 |
| impact assessment of the use of insecticide-treated bed nets on parasitaemia and anaemia for malaria control in children, ogun state, nigeria. | | 2009 | 19185885 |
| rectal artesunates, their utilization, and parental perception in the management of malaria in children from abeokuta, southwestern nigeria. | abstract utilization, efficacy, perception, and acceptability of rectal artesunates for treatment of malaria were assessed in 264 children below 5 years attending two tertiary health facilities in abeokuta, nigeria. the children systematically selected were 136 from state hospital ijaye and 128 from federal medical centre (fmc), idi-aba. body weights and vital statistics of the children were measured; and blood samples were collected before and 24 h after administration of the rectal artesunat ... | 2011 | 22022814 |
| a survey of malaria and some arboviral infections among suspected febrile patients visiting a health centre in simawa, ogun state, nigeria. | most febrile patients are often misdiagnosed with malaria due to similar symptoms, such as fever shared by malaria and certain arboviral infections. this study surveyed the incidence of malaria, chikungunya and dengue infections among a number of suspected febrile patients visiting simawa health centre, ogun state, nigeria. venous blood samples were obtained from 60 febrile patients (age 3-70 years) visiting the centre between april and may 2014. the rapid diagnostic test (rdt) was used to detec ... | 2016 | 26256113 |