These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Schistosoma haematobium in rural school children in Nigeria.
    Author: Ogbeide O, Okojie O, Wagbatsoma V, Isah E.
    Journal: West Afr J Med; 1994; 13(1):31-3. PubMed ID: 8080828.
    Abstract:
    A survey of Schistosoma haematobium infection was carried out in 722 rural school children in Emu, Edo State of Nigeria. The ages of the children ranged from 5-19 years with those between the age-group 10-14 years constituting the highest percentage 317 (43.9%). There were more males 383 (53.0%) than females 339 (47.0%) in the study population. Urine analysis of these children showed that 254 (35.2%) of them were excreting Schistosoma haematobium ova and of these 196 (27.2%) had haematuria. The prevalence of the disease was highest in the younger children with 43.1% for haematuria and 55.3% for S. haematobium ova among the age-group 5-9 years. The corresponding figures were 21.4% and 24.7% for age-group 10-14 years and 14.9% and 27.7% for 15-19 years old children. The sex-specific prevalences of haematuria and Schistosoma haematobium ova were higher for females than for the males.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]