Prevalence and intensity of malaria amongpregnant women attending antenatal clinic at federal teaching hospital, Gombe State, Nigeria

This study assessed malaria prevalence and intestinal Helminth infection concerning anaemia within 200 pregnant women, aged between 18-50 years at booking, at FTHG, Gombe State, were enrolled. Blood was drawn from each study subject via venipuncture for laboratory analysis of hemoglobin concentration and microscopic detection of malaria parasites. Also, faecalspecimens were collected for formol ether concentration to determine the intestinal parasites. SPSS version 24 and chi square (x) were used to analyzethe association between malaria, intestinal helminth and demographic data of the participants. The results showed prevalence of malaria, intestinal helminth infection and anaemia: 53.5%, 5.5%, and 86.5% respectively among the study population. Malaria and Intestinal Helminth co-infection accounted for 109(54.5%) of anaemia cases among the participants, while 98 (49.0) of those with anaemia had malaria alone. The intestinal helminth infections identified were Hookworm, lumbricoides, and T. trichiura. The study found out that there was a correlation between the prevalence of malaria, intestinal helminth and anaemiato age, parity, literacy level, and marital status at p