Volume 13, Issue 3, November 2015, Pages 677–680
Habab M. Yassin1
1 Faculty of Science, Alneelain university, Khartoum, Sudan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease, recognized as a serious public health problem worldwide due to the ravaging HIV/AIDS pandemic. Who (2003) has reported that tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality due to any one infectious agent worldwide. Few publications exist regarding Toxoplasma and tuberculosis co-infection. This study was carried out in Khartoum Sudan to assess T. gondii infection in Tuberclosis patientd.
Modified latex agglutination test was used for screen of anti-toxoplasma antibodies. Antibodies to T. gondii were detected in 11 (17.2%) of the 64 individuals studied.
Toxoplasmosis was higher in males (71.4%) than the females (28.6) and the infection observed in all age groups and was not associated with certain age group. Most of toxoplasmosis infected individuals (72.7%) were consuming meat frequently.
Our finding showed that patients presenting active TB have significantly higher susceptibility to toxoplasmosis infection (25%) compared to active Tb free individuals (11%).
Author Keywords: Toxoplasma, gondii, tuberculosis, Sudan.
Habab M. Yassin1
1 Faculty of Science, Alneelain university, Khartoum, Sudan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease, recognized as a serious public health problem worldwide due to the ravaging HIV/AIDS pandemic. Who (2003) has reported that tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality due to any one infectious agent worldwide. Few publications exist regarding Toxoplasma and tuberculosis co-infection. This study was carried out in Khartoum Sudan to assess T. gondii infection in Tuberclosis patientd.
Modified latex agglutination test was used for screen of anti-toxoplasma antibodies. Antibodies to T. gondii were detected in 11 (17.2%) of the 64 individuals studied.
Toxoplasmosis was higher in males (71.4%) than the females (28.6) and the infection observed in all age groups and was not associated with certain age group. Most of toxoplasmosis infected individuals (72.7%) were consuming meat frequently.
Our finding showed that patients presenting active TB have significantly higher susceptibility to toxoplasmosis infection (25%) compared to active Tb free individuals (11%).
Author Keywords: Toxoplasma, gondii, tuberculosis, Sudan.
How to Cite this Article
Habab M. Yassin, “Prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in Tuberclosis patients in Sudan,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 677–680, November 2015.
