Table 1.

Description of the pregnant women in the study. HC denotes healthy control and AC denotes asymptomatic carrier. The values for hemoglobin was m e a n ± S D.

Characteristics	HC	AC	P-value
No. of Subjects	15	25
HRP II/Malaria	Negative	Positive
Mean Hemoglobin Level (g/dL)	12.63 ± 1.17	10.98 ± 2.32	.017
% Anemia (Hb < 11 g/dL)	13	44
Ascaris Infection	0	2
Hookworm Infection	0	1
Trichiuris Infection	0	1
Strongyloides Infection	0	0
Enterobius Infection	0	0
Taenia Infection	0	0