Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia amongst asymptomatic pregnant women

Malaria, a human parasitic disease generally characterized by frequent bouts of high fever, headache and body pains affects people of all ages. It is a life-threatening disease caused by the presence of a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (commonly Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae, or Plasmodium ovale) within red blood cells. The disease is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquito and is most common in Tropical and subtropical Countries of the world.