Screening of Malaria Parasite in Blood Donors to the Blood Bank of Khartoum North Teaching Hospital

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%).