The Incidence of Leishmania donovani using RK39 and Buffy Coat Concentration Technique in Blood Donors in Gadarif State
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2019
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جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري
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Visceral leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Sudan which affects many populations certainly in Gadarif State.
A 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 positivity reported in the study. Further study must be conducted with
large sample size and molecular diagnostic method (PCR) must be used.