Determine Significant Factors Related to Malaria among Pregnant Women in Nigeria by Logistic Regression Analysis

Abstract

A life hostile parasitic infectious disease conveyed by female anopheles mosquitoes is called malaria [1]. In human body, malaria is caused by a protozoan of the Plasmodium type of the four subspecies, which include P.falciparum, P.vivax, P.malariae and P.ovale. The subspecie that causes greatest sickness and death in African countries was P. falciparum. This parasitic disease is transmitted by the bites of female anopheles mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles which is the most efficient and responsible for disease transmission in Africa [2]. Initially the parasite starts by infecting the liver where it begins to build up. After some days, the developing parasites are discharged into the blood stream to infect the red blood cells, where they continue to increase, ultimately bursting the red blood cells and infecting others in advance. If they reach high numbers, they may cause severe disease or even death as well [3].