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Malaria species in Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria: The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Medical parasitology

Abstract

Background:  Malaria is a serious public health problem in many parts of the world, especially in Sub Saharan Africa where Nigeria bears the bulk of the disease. In Nigeria, though Anopheles gambiae is the most dominant species across the country, Anopheles arabiences is the most prevalent in the northern part of Nigeria like Sokoto, while the Anopheles males are predominant in mangrove coastal zones of the country. There are now known five different species of Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria havoc in the globe; Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum), P. ovale, P. malaria, P. vivax and P. knowlesi but, out of these species, P. falciparum is the most prevalent and virulent that accounts for about 95 % of all malaria infections in Nigeria. The significance of P.malaria ,  P. ovale and  P. vivax are neglected as non- P. falciparum parasites, which are currently invisible to most public health authorities in Sokoto and Nigeria at large. Aim: Based on those challenges, this study aims to determine this existing Plasmodium species in Sokoto and establish the gold standard malaria diagnosis. In our knowledge, this is the first cross sectional laboratory based descriptive study of plasmodium species in Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria. Result: Our result showed that P. falciparum, P. ovale, P. malaria, and P. vivax are present in Sokoto. Conclusion: Based on our finding, we recommend malaria microscopy as the gold standard of malaria evidence based diagnosis.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2022.152223.1357

Keywords

Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, plasmodium vivax, Sokoto

Authors

First Name

Agom

Last Name

Dansy

MiddleName

Daniel

Affiliation

School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto State, Nigeria.

Email

dansyagom.ad@gmail.com

City

Sokoto

Orcid

0000000248334486

First Name

Matthias

Last Name

Solomon

MiddleName

Gamde

Affiliation

Department of Histopathology, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Email

solomonmatthias85@gmail.com

City

Makudi

Orcid

0000-0002-7631-8782

First Name

Ogboi

Last Name

Johnbull

MiddleName

Sonny

Affiliation

Integrated health program Sokoto State.

Email

ogboijb@yahoo.com

City

Asaba

Orcid

-

First Name

Zainab

Last Name

M.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Integrated Health Programe, Sokoto, Nigeria

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Murtala

Last Name

M.

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Block 15, 5 star secratrate Sokoto State Hospital Service Management Board Ministry of Health Sokoto Nigeria

Email

yardedde@gmail.com

City

Sokoto

Orcid

-

First Name

Jazuli

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Ministry of Healthalth Sokoto

Email

adeadat4real@gmail.com

City

Sokoto

Orcid

-

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Abdullahi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Ministry of Health Sokoto

Email

ibrahimabdullahi609@gmail.com

City

Sokoto

Orcid

-

First Name

Muawaya

Last Name

A.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Ministry of Health Sokoto State, Nigeria

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Sani

Last Name

Yakubu

MiddleName

Gatawa

Affiliation

Block 15, 5 star secratrate Sokoto State Hospital Service Management Board Ministry of Health Sokoto Nigeria

Email

saniyakubu914@gmail.com

City

Sokoto

Orcid

-

First Name

Aliyu

Last Name

G.B.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Gada Local Government Area, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Garba

Last Name

Z.G.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Gada Local Government Area, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

4

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

42578

Issue Date

2023-08-01

Receive Date

2022-07-24

Publish Date

2023-08-01

Page Start

1,059

Page End

1,064

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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MID_Volume 4_Issue 3_Pages 1059-1064.pdf

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39

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Short Reports (case reports)

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1,159

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Journal

Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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Malaria species in Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria: The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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Created At

25 Dec 2024