Eye lesions and onchocerciasis in a rural farm settlement in Delta state, Nigeria.

A study of 326 volunteers from a rural farm settlement in Aniocha North, Delta State, Nigeria, was conducted between December 1999 and September 2000. Volunteers were screened for eye lesions and onchocerciasis. Microfilariae were found in the skin tissues of 134 (41.

Schistosoma haematobium infections in two rural communities of Edo State, Nigeria.

An epidemiological study of 1,136 inhabitants from two rural communities in Owan East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria was investigated to ascertain the prevalence, intensities and urinary symptoms in Schistosoma haematobium infections. In both communities, 371 (32.6%) of the villagers screened, excreted S.

Transplacental passage of Plasmodium falciparum and seroevaluation of newborns in northern Nigeria.

The findings of a prospective study of 656 near-term pregnant; women, and of the cord and peripheral blood of newborns of positive mothers are reported. 292 (44.51%) of the pregnant women were infected with Plasmodium falciparum.

Malaria in pregnancy in Nigerians: seasonality and relationship to splenomegaly and anaemia.

The effect of malaria parasitaemia on spleen size and anaemia in 1,905 pregnant women in Jos Plateau highlands, Bauchi Savannah plains and Ethiope river basin of Nigeria was evaluated. The overall spleen rates in Jos Plateau, Bauchi and Ethiope were 15, 23, 16.33 and 10.

Malaria infection of the cord and birthweights in Nigerians.

Objectives: To establish the prevalence of cord malaria parasitaemia in Nigerians and to elucidate its effect on birthweight.

Design: Case series.

Subjects: 1,905 women resident in three parts of Nigeria.