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Volume 08 Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education Public Health Summit 2018
May 24-25, 2018
May 24-25, 2018 Osaka, Japan
4th World Congress on
Public Health, Epidemiology & Nutrition
Detection of low-intensity Schistosoma mansoni infection by Percoll sedimentation and real-time PCR
techniques in a low-endemicity Egyptian setting
Amal F Allam1, Hoda F Farag1, Adel Zaki1, Ola A Kader1, Rashad Abdul-Ghani2 and Amel Y Shehab1
1Alexandria University, Egypt
2Sana’a University, Yemen
Objective: To evaluate the performance of Percoll sedimentation and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the
detection of Schistosoma mansoni cases previously tested as negative by Kato-Katz technique in two low-endemic areas in
Alexandria, Egypt, Abis- 4 and 8 villages.
Method: Stool samples of 824 primary school children were examined by Kato–Katz technique (three slides of 41.7 mg each).
After obtaining the results of this survey, stool samples were recollected from a subset of 150 students, who gave negative
results after Kato-Katz. These samples were microscopically examined after the concentration with Percoll technique. Part of
the 150 negative stool samples and five positive samples (used as controls) were kept at -20 oC and further processed by SYBR
Green PCR.
Result: Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection as determined by three Kato-Katz thick smears was 1.82% (15 cases).
Three more cases tested positive by Percoll sedimentation among the 150 samples that were negative by Kato-Katz. Specific
amplification by SYBR Green PCR was noted in all positive controls and in three cases of Kato-Katz-negative samples, two of
which were also positive by Percoll.
Conclusion: Percoll sedimentation and SYBR Green PCR proved useful in detecting low-intensity Schistosoma mansoni
infections in low-endemicity areas in Egypt.
Biography
Amal Farahat MohamedAllam is an acting Dean of medical Research Institute, Alexandria University he is also the Vice Dean of community service and environmental
affairs & Professor of Parasitology in Parasitology Department. She published her papers in many international Journals. She participates in many national health
education campaigns and help in the treatment of poor population.
Amal F Allam et al., J Community Med Health Educ 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711-C2-035