[Hematologic disorders in pregnant women in a health center in Bangui].

We investigated 101 pregnant women, looking at haematologic values (blood-cell count, haematocrit...) on blood samples and searching for intestinal parasites on stool samples. We found that first-time pregnant young ladies frequently suffer from anemia, mainly during the second and third trimester of their pregnancy. Infestation with ankylostoma duodenale is one of the major causes. Therefore our advice to fellow-physicians is to look at these haematologic values and stool exams quite routinely for a better care of all pregnant women from our areas.