Research Article, J Womens Health Issues Care Vol: 4 Issue: 1
Attributable Fraction Estimates for Malaria in Pregnant Women in Southwest Nigeria
| Oluwatoyin Bello1, Alaba Ajibola Lamidi-Sarumoh2, Oyindamola Bidemi Yusuf1*, Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi1, Ikeoluwapo Oyeneye Ajayi1 and Catherine Olufunke Falade3 | |
| 1Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria | |
| 2Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria | |
| 3Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria | |
| Corresponding author : Oyindamola Bidemi Yusuf Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Tel: +2348102350026 E-mail: boyusuf@comui.edu.ng |
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| Received: May 18, 2014 Accepted: December 29, 2014 Published: January 05, 2015 | |
| Citation: Bello O, Lamidi-Sarumoh AA, Yusuf OB, Akinyemi JO, Ajayi IO, et al. (2015) Attributable Fraction Estimates for Malaria in Pregnant Women in Southwest Nigeria. J Womens Health, Issues Care 4:1. doi:10.4172/2325-9795.1000174 |
Abstract
Attributable Fraction Estimates for Malaria in Pregnant Women in Southwest Nigeria
Malaria in pregnancy remains a public health problem. It is beneficial to characterize the clinical presentation of malaria based on clinical complaints in pregnant women living in endemic areas and estimate the proportion of any sign/symptoms attributable to malaria which is important in the evaluation of the adequacy of case management. Hence, in this study, we characterized the clinical presentation of malaria based on complaints in pregnant women living in endemic areas and estimated the proportion of an episode of any sign/symptoms attributable to malaria (MAF) by modeling the relationship between quantitative P. falciparum parasitemia and clinical illness.
