Endemicity of vesical schistosomiasis in the Ebonyi Benue River valley, South Eastern Nigeria

The investigation on the prevalence of patent and clinically severe infections with Schistosoma haematobium was carried out amongst inhabitants of Ebonyi Benue river valley, South Eastern Nigeria between August 2000 and June 2001. The inhabitants are predominantly farmers. Of the 3296 subjects exami...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of hygiene and environmental health 2003-06, Vol.206 (3), p.205-210
Hauptverfasser:	Anosike, Jude C., Okere, Anthony N., Nwoke, Bertram E.B., Chukwu, Joyce U., Nwosu, Dennis C., Njoku-Tony, Roseline F., Oguwuike, Thaddeus U., Ezike, Monica N., Okogun, R.A., Obasi, Chikezie U., Ogbusu, Fidelia I., Onyirioha, Caroline U., Ajero, Chigbo M., Dike, Martins U., Godwin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Animals B. truncatus Biological and medical sciences Bulinus globosus Child Child, Preschool Diseases caused by trematodes endemicity Epidemiologic Studies epidemiology Female female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) Helminthic diseases Hematuria - etiology Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nigeria Nigeria - epidemiology Pain - etiology Parasitic diseases Prevalence Rural Population Schistosoma haematobium - pathogenicity Schistosomiases Schistosomiasis haematobia - epidemiology Schistosomiasis haematobia - pathology Severity of Illness Index Sex Factors symptoms Tropical medicine Vesical schistosomiasis
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Zusammenfassung:	The investigation on the prevalence of patent and clinically severe infections with Schistosoma haematobium was carried out amongst inhabitants of Ebonyi Benue river valley, South Eastern Nigeria between August 2000 and June 2001. The inhabitants are predominantly farmers. Of the 3296 subjects examined from 15 randomly selected villages in the valley, 776 (23.5%) were excreting the eggs of S. haematobium in their urine. Infection rates varied between 18.9% and 30.6%. The severity of infection calculated by arithmetic mean egg counts (AMEC) and geometric mean egg counts (GMEC) varied significantly between the age groups and the villages (P
ISSN:	1438-4639 1618-131X
DOI:	10.1078/1438-4639-00214