A STUDY ON ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS SAMARU, ZARIA

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dc.contributor.authorOJO OLUWOLE, TEMITOPE
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-04T08:56:35Z
dc.date.available2014-03-04T08:56:35Z
dc.date.issued2006-08
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MICROBIOLOGY) DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA AUGUST, 2006en_US
dc.description.abstractFour hundred apparently healthy individuals were sampled from Ahmadu Bello University Campus Samaru for Asymptomatic Parasitaemia using Giemsa stained thick and thin films as well as the ACON malaria parasite F kit. One hundred and five of the sampled individuals had Asymptomatic Parasitaemia with a parasite rate of 26.25% and parasite density of 3.43 per ul of blood. Plasmodium falciparum had the highest rate of occurrence (62%)while the lowest rate of occurrence was seen in P ovale (4.76%). P. malariae accounted for (21%) while 13.38% were mixed infections. Statistical analysis indicated that Asymptomatic Parasitaemia was associated with Age (P<0.05),with the highest occurrence (13.25%) in the 20-30 years age group. Asymptomatic Parasitaemia was also significantly associated with students (P<0.05), and the months of May, June and July. With this high parasite rates any form of stress on those asymptomatic individuals may lead to Clinical malaria. Compared with microscopy, the malaria parasite kit was 84% sensitive and 95% specific. The malaria kit will be more useful for epidemiological studies in P falciparum endemic areas rather than for diagnostic purposes. During raining season individuals, especially students should suspect malaria as soon as they develop any febrile illness and make appropriate consultation to allow early diagnosis and treatment.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3156
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectA STUDY,en_US
dc.subjectASYMPTOMATIC,en_US
dc.subjectMALARIA,en_US
dc.subjectAPPARENTLY,en_US
dc.subjectHEALTHYen_US
dc.subjectAHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITYen_US
dc.subjectSAMARU, ZARIAen_US
dc.titleA STUDY ON ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS SAMARU, ZARIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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