Abstract:
This study was conducted in Khartoum North
Teaching Hospital to detect malaria parasite in
blood donated before
being transfused to the
recipients. All the donors were males.
Blood from 200 donors was examined for the
presence of malaria parasites .
Out of the 200 donated blood , 4 were found
positive for malaria parasite. using thick and thin
blood film. This constituted 2% of the blood
examined .
Applying I. C. T for 100 blood samples from
the same group revealed the presence of malaria
parasite in 2 cases constituting aaprevalence rate
of 2%.
The prevalence among the 20 – 30 age
group was 3/140 (2.14 %) , while among the 31
– 40 years age group , it was 1/ 60 (1.67%).
