Epidemiological and Clinical Correlation of Malaria- Intestinal Helminthes Co-infection in Abu-Naama- Sinnar State- Sudan

Abstract

This cross sectional study was conducted in Abu-Naama area in Sinnar State during the period of November 2013 to February 2014. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological and clinical correlation of malaria- intestinal helminthes co-infection. One hundred subjects were included in this study (age between 2 months and 70 years old), males were 44% while females were 56%. One hundred stool and one hundred blood samples were taken from subjects. Parasitological data were obtained and recorded. The hundred stool samples were examined to detect intestinal helminthes eggs by using wet preparation and formal ether concentration technique (FECT). Out of 100 stool specimens, 7 (7%), 15 (15%) were founded positive respectively. FECT was also used to determine intensity, out of 15 positive samples, 3(20%) samples were presented as few infections, 2 (13%) as moderate, while 10 (67%) stool samples were presented as severe infections. Malaria infection was determined by detection of Plasmoduim spp in stained thick and thin blood films, seventy three (73%) of the study subjects were found to be harboring P.falciparum parasite. When results were analyzed, the study indicates that there is no correlation between malaria and intestinal helminthes infection.