Malaria Infection and it is Relation to ABO Blood Grouping in Khartoum , Singa and Al Genaid , Sudan

Abstract

The study was conducted in a period from March to July (2013) in 3 areas in Sudan (Khartoum , Algenaid and Singa). The study was conducted on 302 blood sample , 83 samples were found positive for malaria infection. This constituted an overall infection rate of 27.5 %. The prevalence rates reported in Khartoum, Algenaid, and Singa were 14.4 %, 31.5 %, and 42.4 %, respectively. The results showed that the highest prevalence rate (31.2 %) was reported among males in the areas, while females reported 24.7 %. The highest prevalence rate (41.7 %) was reported among the less than 10 years old and the lowest rate (18.1 %) was reported among the 10 - 20 years old. The investigation revealed that the highest prevalence rate (54.6 %) was reported among the O + ve blood group and the lowest prevalence rate (14.3 %) was reported among the AB - ve blood group. High parasitaemia (++++) was strictly confined to the A +ve, B + ve and B- ve with rates of 0.3 %, 0.7 %, and 0.3 % respectively. Low parasitaemia was more evident with the O +ve blood group (8.3 %) while moderate parasitaemia (++) was mostly observed with the O +ve blood group (7 %).