The Incidence of Kala-azar among Blood Donors in Gadarif State
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2019
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جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري
Abstract
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.