Comparative study of hospitalized patients of suspected visceral leishmaniasis in Basrah, Maysan and Thi-Qar governorates by used dipstic rk39 test | ||
| Journal of University of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 258-266 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hind Mahdi Jarallah; Abdul-Hussein H. Awad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study includes a comparative study among 3 governorates concerning the dipstick rk39 test. Ninety suspected cases of VL were collected from admitted patients to Basrah, Maysan and Thi-Qar hospitals based on the clinical features (sings and symptoms). These 90 cases were: (30 suspected cases collected from Basrah General Hospital and Basrah Maternity and children Hospital in Basrah governorate, 30 suspected cases collected from Al-Sadr General Hospital in Maysan governorate and 30 suspected cases collected from Bint-Al-Huda Hospital in Thi-Qar governorate). The positive cases with dipstick rk39 test out of 90 suspected cases of VL were 76(84.44%) as follows: (24(80%) in Basrah hospitals, 27(90%) in Maysan hospital and 25(83.33%) in Thi-Qar hospital), 52(68.42%) male and 24(31.57%) female. Statistically, there are no significant differences p>0.05 among 3 governorates by utilized dipstick rk39 test. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Visceral leishmaniasis; dipstic rk | ||
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