Effects of Malaria Parasitaemia on Iron Status in Pregnant Women
- Author(s)
- Omarine Nlinwe Nfor
- Format
- Paperback | 280 pages
- Dimensions
- 152 x 229 x 16mm | 413g
- Publication date
- 25 Jul 2015
- Publisher
- LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Publication City/Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Illustrations note
- black & white illustrations
- ISBN10
- 3659716995
- ISBN13
- 9783659716997
Malaria is a disease caused by the protozoan parasite; Plasmodium. The four species of this parasite which infects man, lives and destroys the red blood cells, during a period of their life cycle. Infection with these parasites can therefore cause anaemia by its effect on the iron store components used in the production of red blood cells. In this book, the magnitude and direction of the effect of malaria parasitaemia on iron stores, in pregnant women living in a malaria endemic area has been described in details.