ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF PARASITIC EGGS AND CYSTS FROM MOBILE PHONES AND HANDS OF USERS IN SAMARU MARKET ZARIA, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorUCHEAGWU, KINDNESS AMARACHI
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-05T08:47:06Z
dc.date.available2016-02-05T08:47:06Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A MASTER DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL BIOLOGY. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT A study on the Isolation and characterisationof parasite eggs and cysts found on mobile phones and hands of users in Samaru market Zaria, Kaduna State was carried out from May 2013 to January 2014. A total of 470 samples from hands and phones was collected from Samaru market and shops around using sterile cotton swabs and examined for parasites by sedimentation method. The parasite encountered were in the following order Cryptosporidium parvumoocyst(10.20% on hands; 9.80% on phone), Hookworm eggs (8.50% on hands; 6.0% on phone), Entamoebahistolyticacyst (7% on hands; 3.20% on phone), Strongyloidesstecoralisegg(3.60% on hands ;1.30% on phone)Coccidiaoocyst(2.80% on hands; 2.10% on phone), Ascarislumbricoides ova(2.60% on hands;),Enterobiusvemicularisova (1.70% on hands; 0.20% on phone),Giardia lambliacyst(1.10% on hands; 0.60% on phone),Taenia species ova (0.90% on hand; 1.70% on phone),Strongyloidesstecoralis larvae(0.90% on hands) Balantidium speciescyst (0.90% on hands), Mite eggs (0.90% on hands), Entamoeba coli cyst (0.60% on hand; 0.20% on phone),Toxocaraova (0.60% on hands),Trichurisova (0.40% on hand; 0.60% on phone), Fasciola species egg(0.40% on hands),Physaloptera species(0.40% on hands), Cyclosporacayetanensiscyst(0.20% on hands; 0.20% on phone), Isosporaoocyst (0.20% on hand). There was association between educational level (OR = 1.509; OR = 1.242; OR = 1.185), Lack of hand washing (OR= 1.04), Sharing of phones (OR = 1.15) and Handling of phones when in the market(OR=1.324)and the transmission of parasite infection. The study established unwashed hands and contaminated phones as potential source of transmitting parasites infections and thus recommends that hand washing with water and soap should be practiced regularly.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7369
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectISOLATIONen_US
dc.subjectCHARACTERISATIONen_US
dc.subjectPARASITICen_US
dc.subjectEGGS AND CYSTSen_US
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONESen_US
dc.subjectHANDSen_US
dc.subjectSAMARUen_US
dc.subjectMARKETen_US
dc.subjectZARIAen_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF PARASITIC EGGS AND CYSTS FROM MOBILE PHONES AND HANDS OF USERS IN SAMARU MARKET ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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