Abstract The study was conducted in Khartoum hospital during the period from October 2013 to September 2013. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of infection by E.histolytica and G.lamblia in Khartoum hospital .Hundred patients were included in this study, 61 were males and 39 were females with different age ranging from 1-70 years. Stool samples were collected from all patients. The stool samples were examined to detect the cyst of E.histolytica and G.lamblia by using wet pr...
AbstrAct This study was carried out in Central Blood Bank in Gadaref state to detect the infection rate of toxoplasmosis and malaria. Cross sectional study was carried out during period from May to September 2013. A total number of 100 studied population (age between 18-47 years old) were included in this study. Blood samples were taken from all subjects. Clinical and parasitological data was obtained and recorded.Thirty three out from 100 (33%) and 28 out of 100 (28%) Blood samples were fou...
Abstract This study was conducted in Khartoum state- Omdurman (Ombada hospital and Altohamy health center), during the period between August 2018 to April 2019. The study is case- control study, one hundred and fifty individual were enrolled in this study, (100 malaria patients and 50 individuals as controls). 5ml of blood sample was collected from each participant and investigated for malaria infection by both microscopic examination and immunochromatographic test (ICT), serum ferritin leve...
ABSTRACT Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of human amoebiasis. It is one of the most common parasitic infections worldwide, third only to malaria and schistosomiasis. Amoebiasis infects approximately 50 million people causing 40,000 to100,000 deaths per annum. In Africa, infection varies in different countries depending on their social economic factors. Clinical manifestation of amoebiasis is due to existence of two morphologically identical species but have different biochemical...
ABSTRACT Intestinal helminth infections with parasites such as Ascaris lumbricoides, Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale and Trichuris trichiura, during pregnancy are associated with adverse outcomes including, poor nutritional status, growth, low birth weight and perinatal mortality. They present major public health problem in developing countries, but the prevalence, intensity and predisposing factors are not adequately documented in many areas of Kenya. The purpose of this study was...
ABSTRACT Zoonoses are infectious diseases that can be transmitted (in some instances, by a vector) from animals to humans or from humans to animals (the latter is sometimes called reverse zoonosis or anthroponosis). Among these are Babesia spp., Borrelia spp., Rickettsia spp., Ehrlichia spp., Bartonella spp., Anaplasma spp., Francisella tularensis, Coxiella burnetii and certain encephalitis virus that are transmitted by ticks. Of the 1415 pathogens known to affect humans, 61% are zoonotic. T...
ABSTRACT Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) causes economic losses estimated at US $5 billion per annum. Records from the veterinary department indicate high levels of trypanocidal drugs use in Lamu County. The objective of this study was to identify the trypanosome species causing infections in domestic animals in Lamu using parasitological and molecular techniques and to determine their drug sensitivity in white Swiss mice. Fifteen trypanosome stabilates and 92 whole blood samples collec...
Soil transmitted helminths infections are a major public health challenge in developing countries especially those confined to the tropics. These infections include the three common intestinal parasites namely: Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides, and hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus). Soil transmitted helminths are among the neglected tropical diseases that infect the less privileged populations whose risk increases with poor hygiene and sanitation. Helminths...
Malaria is caused by parasites in the genus Plasmodium. It is one of the leading causes of human morbidity and mortality in the sub-Sahara countries, Kenya included. The parasite is transmitted by Anopheles sp as a definitive host from one human host to another through bite. Five species of mosquito - borne Plasmodium parasites infect humans include Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium knowlesi, and Plasmodium falciparum. Plant samples were collected from M...
ABSTRACT Major obstacles to the survival of children below the age of five in developing world include malnutrition, inaccessibility to safe water and infections due to parasitic worms such as soil transmitted helminths. This cross-sectional study was undertaken in Marani subcounty, Kisii County, to determine the prevalence rate and potential risk factors of soil transmitted helminths (STH) amongst preschool age children. Stool samples were collected from 106 preschool age children. Data rega...
ABSTRACT Vector control in the highlands of western Kenya has resulted in a significant reduction of malaria vectors. This has made the current entomological parameters being used to measure transmission to become insensitive and challenging. Antibodies to the Circum-sporozoite protein (CSP) have been associated with transmission intensity and have corresponded well with EIR. The study objective was to determine the association between the level of circum-sporozoite protein and merozoite sur...
ABSTRACT Cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis are common infections in humans in Kenya and Cryptosporidiosis in particular is an opportunistic infection in HIV-infected individuals. Diarrhoeal disease caused by these parasites is a major public health problem particularly in countries with poor socioeconomic status. The study on Cryptosporidium species and Giardia lamblia was carried out in Siaya county referral hospital and was conducted to assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with ...
ABSTRACT Taeniasis is a common zoonosis whose epidemiology is estimated at 50 million cases of infestation worldwide with economic losses in Kenya amounting to $1.289 million by 2003. The infection has been grouped among the neglected tropical diseases thus its impact has been trivialized. A slaughter house survey was undertaken to determine the prevalence rate of bovine cysticercosis in carcasses slaughtered within selected abattoirs in Kajiado County and establish the viability of Cysticerc...
ABSTRACT Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) causes economic losses estimated at US $5 billion per annum. Records from the veterinary department indicate high levels of trypanocidal drugs use in Lamu County. The objective of this study was to identify the trypanosome species causing infections in domestic animals in Lamu using parasitological and molecular techniques and to determine their drug sensitivity in white Swiss mice. Fifteen trypanosome stabilates and 92 whole blood samples collect...
This study was conducted from September 2017 to March 2018 in Elfasher locality –North Darfur State, to identify Babesia species and tick infected cattle and to measure some hematological and biochemical parameters associated with bovine babesiosis. A total of 227 whole blood were collected from Elfasher locality [Elfasher veterinary hospital, Elfasher slaughter house, and cattle farms in Elfasher ]. For identification of Babesia using thin smear Giemsa stain. Packed cell volume was ...