Occurrence of intestinal and urinary parasites among Alkhalawi students, Sudan: A cross-sectional study

Ali NAG, Bakhit HA, Saad MBEA, Alabeden MMAZ, Alsadig AA, Ballal YMY, Ahmed AB

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Nabig Alhag Gasoum Ali¹, Husameldin Abdalla Bakhit², Mohammed Baha Eldin Ahmed Saad³, Monadel Mohammed Ahmed Zain Alabeden³, Aisha Abbas Alsadig⁴, Yousif Mohammed Yousif Ballal⁵, and Alaaeldeen Balal Ahmed^1,2*

¹Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman, Sudan

²Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, White Nile University, White Nile State, Kosti City, Sudan

³Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Omdurman Ahlia University, Omdurman, Sudan

⁴Veterinary Research Administration, Soba, Sudan

⁵Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Managil University of Science and Technology, Managil, Sudan

*Corresponding author: Alaaeldeen Balal Ahmed, Omdurman Islamic University, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box: 382, Omdurman – Sudan, Mobile phone: +249909724585, Email: alaabelal2009tlc@gmail.com

Received 13 August 2020; Revised 17 September 2020; Accepted 24 September 2020; Published 30 September 2020

Citation: Ali NAG, Bakhit HA, Saad MBEA, Alabeden MMAZ, Alsadig AA, Ballal YMY, Ahmed AB. Occurrence of intestinal and urinary parasites among Alkhalawi students, Sudan: A cross-sectional study. J Med Sci Res. 2020; 8(4):166-169. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2020/8-22

Copyright: © 2020 Ali NAG et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Background: Parasitic diseases were some of the leading causes of global mortality with higher burdens of prevalence in developing countries, especially regions of the world where the contaminated water and poor personal hygiene. The purpose of this study to determine the prevalence rate of intestinal and urinary parasites among Alkhalawi students in Rabak city, White Nile State, Sudan.

Materials and methods: In this study, 150 stool and 150 urine samples were collected from Alkhalawi students (all were males). The stool samples were processed by wet preparation, formal ether concentration technique and the urine samples were processed by the sedimentation technique.

Results: The results revealed that out of the 150 stool and 150 urine samples, 37 were found positive for intestinal and urinary parasites, this constituted an overall prevalence rate of 12.3%. The highest prevalence rate (28%) was reported among the 11-15 years age groups, while the lowest prevalence rate (0%) was reported among the 21-25 years age groups. The prevalence rate of different parasites was as follow: Giardia lamblia (11.3%), Entamoeba histolytica (8%), Hymenolepis nana (2.7%), Schistosoma haematobium (3.3%). The prevalence of intestinal parasites (21.3%) was higher than urinary parasites (3.3%). The study showed that 24% were infected with single infection and 0.6% were infected with mixed infection.

Conclusion: From the result we concluded the intestinal and urinary parasites are highly prevalent among the Alkhalawi students in Rabak city. Giardia lamblia is more likely to occur among the Alkhalawi students followed by Entamoeba histolytica. The highest infection rate was reported among the 11-15 years age groups. Formal ether concentration technique proved to be as efficient more than the wet preparation technique.

Keywords: intestinal parasites; urinary parasites; prevalence rate; Alkhalawi students; Sudan