The Incidence of Kala-azar among Blood Donors in Gadarif State

ISBN-13: 9786200101525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 56 str.

Abdelbasit Osman; Mosab Nouraldein Mohammed Hamad; Samar Osman Ali

Opis

Visceral leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Sudan; affect numerous populations certainly in Gadarif State. Hospital based cross sectional study was conducted at Gadarif teaching hospital, 100 healthy apparent blood donors were included in the study and their blood specimens were examined microscopically by buffy coat technique and serologically by rk39 and there was no positive reported in the study. Further study must be conducted with large sample size and molecular diagnostic method (PCR) must be used.

O autorze

Osman, AbdelbasitAbdelbasit Osman Hroon - laboratory technologist, Gadarief State, Sudan.Mosab Nouraldein Mohammed Hamad - BSC, MSC, FSASS, Head of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Elsheikh Abdallah Elbadri University.Samar Osman Ali - assistant professor, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Alneelain University.