ISSN 2756-3391
African Journal of Parasitological Research Vol. 1 (2), pp. 020-027, October, 2014. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Broadcast strength of Plasmodium falciparium: A Case study in Uganda
*1Gagawala Bukenya, 2Mwesigye Hilary and 3Kabalega K. John
1 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Science, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Buganda, Uganda.
2 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of medicine, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Buganda, Uganda.
3 Department of Pathology, Cavendish University Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
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Accepted 28 September, 2014
Abstract
The commonness of jungle fever in people and Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite disease in Anopheles mosquitoes were examined for seven months in eight towns in Nyabushozi County, Kiruhura District, Uganda. The point of the exploration work was to evaluate Plasmodium sporozoite disease rates utilizing chemical connected immunosorbent examine and join this with intestinal sickness pervasiveness. A sum of 2566 female Anopheles gambiae s.l. furthermore 270 Anopheles funestus gathering were gathered in 24 families utilizing pyrethrum shower gets, and from goats and steers lodging (kraals), utilizing CDC light traps. The densities of female An. gambiae s.l. furthermore An. funestus gather in all the eight towns mulled over were essentially affected by precipitation. P. falciparum sporozoite rate for An. gambiae s.s. gone from 0.84 - 5.26%. An aggregate of 4000 individuals were included in four epidemiological rounds of intestinal sickness reviews. The mean predominance of parasitaemia was 17.4% for all ages joined and 22.8% for the 5 - 9 year age bunch. The four different studies gave scopes of 12.5 - 22.2% for all ages consolidated and 17.8 - 25.8% for the 5 - 9 year old youngsters. It is apparent from this study that intestinal sickness transmission in Nyabushozi County is pixie direct and enduring, and kept up transcendently by An. gambiae s.s.
Key words: Plasmodium falciparum, sporozoite rate, epidemiological round, parasitaemia.