02068nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002000054653001000074100001600084700001400100245013200114856026000246490000600506520139800512       2020                            d  c06/202010aschistosomiasis10aFever1 aMohamed AMA1 aHamad MNM00aRelationship between intestinal Schistosomiasis and enteric fever among Sudanese patients, New Halfa Town, Kassala State, Sudan  uhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mosab_Nouraldein_Mohammed_Hamad2/publication/342083602_Relationship_between_intestinal_Schistosomiasis_and_enteric_fever_among_Sudanese_patients_New_Halfa_Town_Kassala_State_Sudan/links/5ee1527e299bf1faac4ad024/Relatio0 v83 aThe present study was conducted in New Halfa Agricultural Scheme, Kassala state during
the period from March to April 2011. The study aimed to determine the association between
intestinal schistosomiasis and typhoid fever. Seventy-five (n=75) schistosomiasis patients
were included in this study, they were 26 males (38.7%) and 49 females (61.3%) with
different ages ranging from 1 to 60 years. The stool and blood samples were collected.
The stool samples were examined to detect the eggs of Schistosoma mansoni by using wet
preparation and calculating the number of eggs by using Kato Katz technique. The stool
samples were cultured in MacConkey agar and Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate (XLD) agar
to isolate Salmonella species, and the serum samples tested for antibody titer by using
Widal test (slide method). The results showed that 16 out of 75 (21.3%) exhibited positive
growth for the genus salmonella, eleven (11) were Salmonella paratyphi B (14.7%), while
four (4) were Salmonella typhi (5.3%). Widal test revealed that 43 out of 75 (57.3%)
were insignificant (1/20, 1/40), 15 out of 75 were suggestive (20%) and 17 out of 75 were
significant (22.7%). Furthermore, there was no significant association between typhoid
fever and intensity of intestinal schistosomiasis (P> 0.05) and no significant variation
between antibody titers and intestinal schistosomiasis (P> 0.05).