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Comparison between direct and indirect techniques in diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

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Tags

Parasitology

Advisors

Bughdadi, Abd-Allah M. , Abdel-Tawwab, Abdel-Hamid , El-Basyouni, Safeya A.

Authors

Mahmoud, Nehal Ahmad Hanafi

Accessioned

2017-03-30 06:20:15

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2017-03-30 06:20:15

type

M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

The present work was conducted in El-Hadka and El-Ealam Primary Schools in El-Fayoum Governorate, where 682 primary school children were screened for detection of S. haematobium infection using strip test for microhaematuria. The study group comprised 50 children with microhaematuria in urine and control group comprised another 50 children without microhaematuria in urine. All children in study and control group were subjected to, direct microscopic examination which revealed no positive cases in study and control group, Nucleopore filtration which detected 5 cases positive for S. haematobium infection showing eggs in urine and no positive cases in the control group and lastly Dot-ELISA using Schisto-Fast kit (a commercially available kit) for detection of schistosoma antigen in urine. The kit revealed 11 cases positive in study group and no positive cases in control group. Sensitivity and specificity for Nucleopore filtration was calculated to be 45% and 100% respectively while that of Schisto-Fast was 100% and 86.7% respectively.

Issued

1 Jan 2002

Details

Type

Thesis

Created At

28 Jan 2023