Asian Journal of Epidemiology1992-14622077-205XAsian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/aje.2012.95.102KaluKalu Mong ObasiNwogo Ajuka NdukaFlorence Onyemachi OkoMaria Okwudili 3201253Malaria intensity in rural areas of Nigeria is of public health significance.
In this study, the prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in Umuchieze and Uturu
rural communities of Abia State, Southeast Nigeria were investigated in order
to provide epidemiological data on malaria in the study communities for effective
management programme. A total of 620 individuals (310 in each community) were
examined for malaria parasites using standard methods. The results showed that
a total of 455 (73.39%) among the studied individuals were infected. Infection
rates in Umuchieze and Uturu were 72.58 and 74.19%, respectively but the difference
was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Also, the infection rates recorded
for males (73.87%) and females (72.90%) in both communities did not differ statistically
(p>0.05). Members of the age cohorts 11-20 years recorded the highest rate
of infection, 82.61% and 88.24 in Umuchieze and Uturu, respectively. The highest
rate of prevalence of malaria parasitaemia was identified among farmers in Umuchieze
(85.60%) while in Uturu it was identified among students (81.33%). Plasmodium
falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium malariae were found among the
positive cases in both study areas with Plasmodium falciparum being the
highest with infection rate of 52.26% in Umuchieze and 53.55% in Uturu. Overall,
the infection rate of Plasmodium species in both study communities is
72.09, 19.56 and 8.35% for P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae,
respectively. The results showed that Umuchieze and Uturu Communities were endemic
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