EVALUATION OF DONATED BLOOD FOR TOXOPLASMOSIS USING ELISA AND PCR IN FAYOUM GOVERNORATE

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Parasitology, Parasitology, Faculty of medicine, Fayoum University, Egypt.

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular zoonotic parasite that affects more than a third of the world population. Among many modes of transmission, blood transfusion is a potential risk for transmitting toxoplasmosis especially to high risk individuals as immunosuppressed persons and pregnant women. This cross-sectional study evaluated the donated blood for T.
gondii infection using ELISA also the puffy coat was separated and PCR for toxoplasma is done. 100 blood samples were collected from blood banks in Fayoum Governorate.

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