December 2009

Circulating antigens of Schistosoma parasites in urine of schistosomiasis patients in Central Sudan

This study was aimed to detect circulating antigens of the schistosoma parasites in urine of schistosomiasis patients living in two camps, Hababna and Elshajara camps within Tyieba Elshiekh Elgorashi village, located North West from Hassahiesa city in the Gezira state- central Sudan. The prevalence of S. haematobium in the two camps was 15.4% and the prevalence of S. mansoni was 53.8%. Urine samples...

Author(s): Ashraf S. Yousif, Eshtiyag A. Abdelkareem, Salma M. Elhag, Lemeis A. Elgimeaabi, Magdi A. Ahmed, Ehab A. Frah, Ahmed Babiker and Atif A. Elagib

December 2009

Evaluation of Newcastle disease antibody level after different vaccination regimes in three districts of Amhara Region, North-western Ethiopia

Evaluation of the Newcastle Disease (NCD) antibody level after different vaccination regime was conducted on chickens distributed at the age of day-old in three districts of Amahara region using sera analysis. Three vaccination regimes on chicks against Newcastle using live lentogenic stains; Hitchener B1 (at the age of day-old) and La Sota (at the age of 21st and 60th days of age) were used. The overall antibody level...

Author(s): Hailu Mazengia, Esayas Gelaye and Mohamed Nega