Urinary schistosomiasis diagnosed among children of Omogho in Nigeria
Keyword : Schistosomiasis, water bodies, school children, haematuria
Author(s) : Iwueze, M.O., Anakenyi, A.M., Ezeagwuna, D.O And Ikpeze, O.O
Abstract : Urinary schistosomiasis has about 366 endemic foci in Nigeria but its status in Omogho, Anambra State has not been established. For this purpose, 232 school children from five communities of Omogho in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria were examined for urinary schistosomiasis in the year 2014. Demographics of the subjects obtained by oral interviews were gender, age, schools, communities, major family occupations, and domestic water sources. Combi-9 reagent strips for detection of haematuria and proteinuria as well as Microscopy for identification of schistosome eggs in urine samples of the children were carried out. Data were analyzed in Excel MS version 2013 and reported in percentages, means and standard deviations. Schistosoma haematobium infection was observed in 42 or 18.1% of the sampled population, with a total egg-output of 1186. Mean intensity of infection was 6.03±0.79 eggs/10ml urine. Boys had higher prevalence of infection (19; 11.6%) than girls (15; 6.5%) (P stream (16; 6.9%)>borehole (2;0.9%) (p