PREVALENCE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS AMONG DIARRHOEIC PATIENT’S ATTENDING TO KOSTI TEACHING HOSPITAL, WHITE NILE STATE, SUDAN
Abdelhakam G. Tamomh, Sabah R. Yousif, Tesfaye Z. Weldegiorgis, Babiker Saad Almugadam, Ahmed A. Alfaki, Tarteel A. Abdallah and Dr. Mohammed A. Suliman*
ABSTRACT
Cryptosporidiosis is the disease caused by Cryptosporidium parvum, is of great concern because of associated economic losses and the public health significance in humans. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis among diarrheic patient’s attending to Kosti teaching hospital, White Nile State, Kosti city, Sudan.This representative is descriptive cross-sectional, hospital–based study was conducted from August 2016- April 2017. A total of three hundred stool samples were collected from diarrheic patients, the samples were examined using Formal ether concentration technique and staining techniques and the samples were preserved in schauddins fixative. The overall prevelance of parasite detected by modified ZN stain was 18%, and by trichrome stain 5%. The prevalence of C.parvum was higher in female than male. The study showed that modified ZN staining technique is the most sensitive and accurate so will be recommended to be used as first choice in diagnosis of Cryptosporiduim parvum. Health education and personal hygiene recommended reduce the disease transmission.
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