EVALUATION OF DONATED BLOOD FOR TOXOPLASMOSIS USING ELISA AND PCR IN FAYOUM GOVERNORATE | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 19, Volume 49, Issue 3, December 2019, Pages 653-660 PDF (474.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68071 | ||
| Author | ||
| RAMY WAHBA HENIN | ||
| Department of Parasitology, Parasitology, Faculty of medicine, Fayoum University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular zoonotic parasite that affects more than a third of the world population. Among many modes of transmission, blood transfusion is a potential risk for transmitting toxoplasmosis especially to high risk individuals as immunosuppressed persons and pregnant women. This cross-sectional study evaluated the donated blood for T. gondii infection using ELISA also the puffy coat was separated and PCR for toxoplasma is done. 100 blood samples were collected from blood banks in Fayoum Governorate. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fayoum; Donated blood; ELISA; PCR; toxoplasma gondii | ||
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