A cross-Sectional study of malaria parasites among rice Farmers in Badeggi environment, Niger State, Nigeria
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Malaria is one of the major tropical diseases associated with irrigation schemes, and changes in the transmission
pattern of the parasites following irrigation development have been a perennial subject of debate. The economic
importance of malaria parasites amongst rice farmers was compared in terms of demographic analysis and prevalence.
A pretested questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data of factors associated with malaria prevalence.
Three hundred (300) rice farmers were randomly selected to participate in this study from 10 Badeggi Communities;
Majingari, Emidogo, Emisu, Ndawangwa, Mana, Ndaloke, Chanchaga, Badeggi, Emilugi and Kusotachi. Of all the
study participants, (50.13%) had above primary school certificate in Emilugi the highest, while Majingari had the
lowest (11.14%) of participants that had certificate above primary education The age groups of 15–40 years (26.8%)
and 41–60 years (22.5%) had the highest prevalence of Plasmodium parasites. Abuse of anti-malarial drugs showed
highest participants in Mana having (83.5%), while the least participants are Chanchaga having (61.2%). Demographic
analysis showed that, Mana with (62.5%) had the most positive females with mean age of 33, while the least was
Emilugi with (11.2%). Participants in Ndawagwa have a higher rate (16%) of using mosquito nets than Emidogo with
(14.6%). Data for sleeping on time showed that Kusotachi was the highest with (17.59%) participants, the least was
Ndaloke having only (3.7%) participants. Malaria prevalence varied significantly by sub-village of residence closeness
to waterlogged farm Study participants who reported not using mosquito nets. Those sleeping late and reside close to
waterlogged farms had the highest prevalence of malaria parasites and had higher geometric mean parasite densities
than those who do not use any demographic control methods, this is vital in reducing malaria spread towards enhancing
mosquito free rice production.
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