Prevalence of <i>Plasmodium</i> Species Infection Among Private Security Guards in Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State-Nigeria

Victor Oluwasanmi Amusan; Yahaya Abdullahi Umar; Philip Anthony Vantsawa

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Prevalence of Plasmodium Species Infection Among Private Security Guards in Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State-Nigeria

Victor Oluwasanmi Amusan, Yahaya Abdullahi Umar, Philip Anthony Vantsawa

Published in European Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 2)

Received: 5 February 2017 Accepted: 20 February 2017 Published: 21 March 2017

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Abstract

Private security guards play an important role in providing security to the citizenry especially in a developing country like Nigeria. They are however many at times exposed to vector borne diseases such as malaria. To determine the prevalence of Plasmodium species infections among private security guards in Kaduna metropolis, Kaduna-Nigeria, two hundred and sixty-one (261) blood samples were collected and screened for malaria parasite using Malaria Ag P.f and Malaria Ag P.f/Pan kits (SD BIOLINE, Cat. No: SD05FK50 and SD05FK60 respectively). Demography information on guards were collected using structured questionnaires. Result obtained showed an overall prevalence of 17.62% Plasmodium infection among guards screened using both kits. Age, sex and season were found to significantly influence the prevalence of P. falciparum infection among guards in Kaduna metropolis (P < 0.05). It is recommended that managements of private security outfits should provide their staff with adequate protective measures against mosquito transmitted diseases for improved workers efficiency and reduce man hour loss.

Published in	European Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ejcbs.20170302.11
Page(s)	43-46
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Prevalence, Malaria, Plasmodium Species, Guards

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Victor Oluwasanmi Amusan; Yahaya Abdullahi Umar; Philip Anthony Vantsawa. Prevalence of Plasmodium Species Infection Among Private Security Guards in Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State-Nigeria. Eur. J. Clin. Biomed. Sci. 2017, 3(2), 43-46. doi: 10.11648/j.ejcbs.20170302.11

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Victor Oluwasanmi Amusan, Yahaya Abdullahi Umar, Philip Anthony Vantsawa. Prevalence of Plasmodium Species Infection Among Private Security Guards in Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State-Nigeria. Eur J Clin Biomed Sci. 2017;3(2):43-46. doi: 10.11648/j.ejcbs.20170302.11

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Victor Oluwasanmi Amusan

Department of Biological Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria
Yahaya Abdullahi Umar

Department of Biological Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria
Philip Anthony Vantsawa

Department of Biological Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria

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