Okoko, Anne Ojo2023-12-142023-12-142019-11-18A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEFFI, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MICROBIOLOGYhttps://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/5987Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes This study is aimed at ascertaining the prevalence of malaria and utilization of bed-net amongst students of Nasarawa State University Keffi. To survey the utilization of bed-net amongst students in Nasarawa state university Keffi, Structured questionnaire was administered to students who were randomly selected at various apartments, so as to access their knowledge, attitude and preventive measures of malaria, Blood sample was collected from the school clinic, by the laboratory technician from students and transferred into EDTA specimen bottle. Samples were examined for malaria (malaria rapid diagnostic test) using the SD Bioline Malaria test kit, based on the procedure outlined in the manufacturer’s handbook. Data collected was analyzed, using Smith's statistical package,(version 2.8) to determine if there is significant relationship between Prevalence of malaria and bednet utilisation, age, sex and number of occupants in a room respectively. Findings from this study reveals that, of 250 blood samples of students obtained in the school clinic, (south Atlantic petroleum medical center) Keffi, the prevalence of Plasmodium species was 58(23.2%).This study reveals a considerably high level of (67.2%) of bed net utilization amongst students in Nasarawa state University Keffi and also a relatively low prevalence of malaria (23.2%). Students in Nasarawa state university, in the nearest future could be free of malaria if effective bed net utilization would be adopted by all the students as a preventive measure from mosquito bites.enThesis