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- Title
STUDY ON RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF Plasmodium SPECIES: A CASE OF PATIENTS ATTENDING JAHUN GENERAL HOSPITAL, JIAGAWA, NIGERIA.
- Authors
Ahmed, U. A.
- Abstract
A study on relative abundance of Plasmodium species was conducted using blood film technique. For a 12 month period, 4037 positive blood films were exaqmined for a particular species of Plasmodium. The result revealed that 3208 (79.46%) were Plasmodium falciparum, 157 (03.89%) were P. ovale and 672 (16.65%) were P. malariae. This showed that P. falciparum was the most abundant and the relative abundance of the species had heightened in July, 2008 due to rain which favours vector survival.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM falciparum; MALARIA; PREVENTIVE medicine; HEALTH programs; HOSPITAL patients; PATIENTS
- Publication
Bayero Journal of Pure & Applied Sciences, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 1, p32
- ISSN
2006-6996
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4314/bajopas.v6i1.7