FIRST IMMUNOLOGICAL RECORD OF BABESIA MICROTI HOBET SULINEAGE ANTIBODIES AMONG HUMAN BLOOD DONORS IN QENA GOVERNORATE, UPPER EGYPT, EGYPT | ||||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
Article 23, Volume 50, Issue 2, August 2020, Page 394-400 PDF (891.95 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2020.113065 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
OSAMA H. ABDELLAH1; NOHA SAMMER AHMED2; MOHAMMED H. HASSAN3; ASMAA M. EL-KADY1 | ||||
1Department of Medical Parasitology | ||||
2Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, P.O. Box 83523 Qena, Department of Medical Parasitology | ||||
3Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, P.O. Box 82524 Sohag, and Department of Medical Biochemistry | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The zoonotic babesiosis is a growing public health concern. This parasite mainly occurs in U.S. (B. microti) and Europe (B. divergens & B. venatorum). Emerging cases have been increasingly reported worldwide especially in immunosuppressed individuals. Other than tick bite, possible modes of infection include perinatal transmission and blood transfusion. To date, in Egypt, three cases of human babesiosis were reported. This study evaluated Babesia spp. infection in man in Qena City. Forty three persons were examined. All sera were subjected to serological examination using either indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFA) or western blot (WB) analysis or both tests. Using IFA 13/43 patients were positive for Babesia at different titers. The five out of the 13 positive IFAT samples were positive by using WB test (11.6%). This could be the first study in Qena that screened Egyptian patients using well-defined Babesia strain for human babesiosis. Blood transfusion is a possible babesiosis mode of infection to man and thus patients in need of blood transfusion may undergo immunosuppressive status so they may develop babesiosis, so screening of blood donors for human babesiosis is needed to exclude transfusion induced babesiosis. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Egypt; Blood donors; Babesia microti; Hoetsu; Western Blot; IFA | ||||
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