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Prevalence of Gardnerellavaginalisin Pregnant Nigerian Women

JIB Adinma(1), NR Okwoli(2), N Unaeze(3),


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Abstract


The prevalence ofGardnerellavaginalis in the genital tract of 253 pregnant Nigerian women was 17.0 %(43). The highest prevalence occurred among women aged 16-20 years (26%) while the lowest occurred among those aged 31-35 years (13%). Women aged 30 years and below had an overall prevalence of 18.2%while those above 30 years had a prevalence rate of 12.7%.This difference was not significant (2 = 0.66; p = 0.42). There was adecline in the prevalence rate ofG. vaginalis with increasing gestational age being 18.2%for pre-term gestational age (i.e., below 37 weeks) and 12.0% for term gestational age (37-42 weeks), although the difference was also not significant (22= 1.13; p >0.5). Similarly, a non-significant decline in the prevalence of Gardnerellavaginalis occurred with increasing parity from 19% in the primigravida to 6.5% in the grandmultipara (22 =2.81; p = 0.246). No definite trend occurred in the prevalence of G.vaginalis for social class (24=3.2 p = 0.525). The pattern ofprevalence of Gardnerellavaginalis in the genital tract in pregnancy suggests an indirect relationship with pregnancy sexuality, which needs to be corroborated with further larger studies. (Afr. JReprodHealth  2001; 5[l]:50 - 55)

 

Keywords: Gardnerellavaginalis, prevalence, Nigeria, pregnant women


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