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

• Published in: International journal of hygiene and environmental health Vol. 206; no. 3; pp. 205 - 210
• Main Authors: 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: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jena Elsevier GmbH 01.06.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: 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; Nigeria; Africa; symptoms; female genital schistosomiasis (FGS); epidemiology; endemicity; B. truncatus; Vesical schistosomiasis; Bulinus globosus; Nigeria; Urinary system disease; Schistosoma haematobium; Bulinus truncatus; Trematode disease; Plathelmintha; South; Gastropoda; Parasitosis; Urinary tract disease; Rivers; Helminthiasis; Epidemiology; Trematoda; Female genital diseases; Infection; Schistosomiasis; Pulmonata; Helmintha; Tropical medicine; Bladder disease; Invertebrata; Mollusca

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...