Venule blood samples were randomly collected from eighty pregnant women receiving ante natal care in the
University of Port Harcourt Primary Health Care Centre after obtaining ethical clearance. These blood samples were put in
EDTA properly designated bottles and taken to the Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Animal and Environmental
Biology for examination. The standard thick and thin smears were used to examine the blood specimens. Overall prevalence
showed that 72.5% of the pregnant women were infected with malaria. Specific Plasmodium prevalence amongst the infected
showed that 63.5% were infected with P. falciparum; 18.9% for P. vivax; 15.5% for P.malariae and 1.7% for P.ovale. There
was no statistically significant (P>0.05) increase in the prevalence of Plasmodium species between the primigravidea (58.6%)
and the multigravidae (41.3%). The disparity in parasitemia was attributed to pregnancy induced delayed antibody expression
in the primigravidae. The study emphasized the significance of health education in malaria control especially during
pregnancy.