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Biochemical changes in sleeping sickness serum samples detec | 18079
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Biochemical changes in sleeping sickness serum samples detected by CATT in Sudan

Abstract

Atif El Amin Abdelgadir, Khitma Hassan ElMalik, Intisar Elhaj El Rayah

Biochemical analysis on 48 serum samples included positive and negative samples using Card Agglutination Test for Trypanosomiasis (CATT) from Bahr El –Jebel state and Eastern Equatorial state were done and analyzed using t- test. The concentration of total serum proteins and serum globulins increased in positive case of sleeping sickness using Card Agglutination Test for Trypanosomiasis (CATT) (P=0. 004, P < 0.05 , respectively). But no changes were observed in serum ions measurement (sodium, potassium, calcium, and zinc); (P=0. 371, P=0.111, P =0.744>: P 0 > 05 respectively).

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