Prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in Abini Community, Biase Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria

Okon, OE; Udoutun, M F; Oku, EE; Nta, A I; Etim, SE; Abraham, J T; Akpan, PA

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“…The degree of microhaematuria and proteinuria detectable by chemical reagent strip observed to correlate significantly with microscopy is also similar to the findings 18 . The association of these symptoms with urogenital schistosomiasis had been widely documented [24][25][26] .…”

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“…It is therefore of particular note that in the study area, this typical age-related profile of egg-positive cases appeared, being concordant with a typical endemic area. The age-related infection pattern is similar to other studies conducted in Nigeria 18,19 but clearly deviated from other studies that reported significant differences in sex-related prevalence 3 . The lack of association between infection and ages of the subjects could be due to equal dependent on natural water bodies in such low resource community with poor water development.…”

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A cross-sectional study on urogenital schistosomiasis in children; haematuria and proteinuria as diagnostic indicators in an endemic rural area of Nigeria

Morenikeji¹,

Quazim²,

Omoregie³

et al. 2014

Afr H. Sci.

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A cross-sectional study on urogenital schistosomiasis in children; haematuria and proteinuria as diagnostic indicators in an endemic rural area of Nigeria

Morenikeji¹,

Quazim²,

Omoregie³

et al. 2014

Afr H. Sci.

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“…Previous studies have established the endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis in parts of Cross River State (Ekanem et al, 1995;Ejezie et al, 1991;Useh and Ejezie, 1996;Etim et al, 1998Etim et al, , 1999Etim et al, , 2012Okon et al, 2007Okon et al, , 2009) but without deliberate efforts at evaluating available interventions. However, Okon et al (2010) evaluated the status of urinary schistosomiasis in Ogoja Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria, further treated infected persons with artesunate and found 64% cure rate while Inyang-Etoh et al (2008) recorded a cure rate of 88.6% also in their study in Nigeria using artesunate and praziquantel combination.…”

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“…A national prevalence survey carried out in 1990/91 among school children aged 5-14 years, reported the presence o f schistosomiasis in all 36 states of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with an estimated number of 20 million people infected (Ekpo and Mafiana, 2004;NSCP., 1996). In Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State, Etim et al (1999Etim et al ( , 2012 reported 35.95 and 30.5% prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis, respectively while Okon et al (2007Okon et al ( , 2009) reported 35 and 45.3% prevalence, respectively from parasitological examination of urine samples from school children. Schistosomiasis can be treated effectively by giving a single oral dose of praziquantel which is effective against all the species of schistosomes.…”

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Evaluation of Intensity of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Biase and Yakurr Local Government Areas of Cross River State, Nigeria after Two Years of Integrated Control Measures

Adie¹,

Oyo-Ita²,

Okon³

et al. 2015

Research J. of Parasitology

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A parasitological mapping of urinary schistosomiasis using filtration method was conducted in Biase and Yakurr LGAs of Cross River State, Nigeria by the Neglected Tropical Diseases Control unit in collaboration with the schistosomiasis/soil transmitted helminths unit of the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria in November 2012. The results of the study revealed a mean urinary schistosomiasis prevalence of 49% for the six schools under study in Biase and 30% for the six schools under study in Yakurr LGA. The mean ova load was 0.9 for males and 0.8 for females in the two LGAs. Integrated control measures put in place, included chemotherapy of infected individuals with praziquantel and health education on the predisposing factors responsible for the transmission of urinary schistosomiasis. An evaluation of the interventions was carried out in November 2014, after two rounds of treatment with Praziquantel and intensive education were given. Urine samples were collected from 600 school children, 300 from each of the two LGAs. The evaluation study using the urine filtration technique revealed a mean schistosomiasis prevalence of 0% for the six schools under study in Biase and 0.02% for the six schools under study in Yakurr LGA with mean ova load reduced to 0.3 for males and 0 for females in the two LGAs. Data analysis with SPSS package revealed a 100% participation of all selected school children in 12 schools (6 in each LGA). Statistical analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the prevalence between male and female (p>0.005). A student t-test showed a significant difference between prevalence rates in 2012 and the results in 2014 (p>0.005). The spatial distribution showed that endemic schools were distributed within marshy areas where rice was cultivated in the two LGAs. These results showed that with wide scale integrated control measures, urinary schistosomiasis can be eliminated or reduced to a disease of no public health importance.

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Detecting Schistosoma haematobium infection by microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in school children in three senatorial districts of Cross River State, Nigeria

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As a result of the poor sensitivity and speci city of the standard parasitological diagnostic methods currently being used, this study was conducted to compare the standard parasitological diagnostic methods and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in determining the prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in Cross River State (CRS). The study was conducted between April 2015 and March 2016. Seven hundred and seventy seven (777) urine samples were randomly collected from selected school-age children. The urine samples were subjected to standard parasitological and molecular examinations. Chisquare test was used to test the differences between the data on subgroups and the results from specimen examinations. An overall prevalence of 1.7% was recorded using microscopy and 34.7% recorded using PCR. The highest prevalence of infection by microscopy occurred in the Southern Senatorial District (2.3%), while the Northern Senatorial District recorded the highest prevalence of infection by PCR (53.2%) (p < 0.05). Males were more infected (2.4%) than females (0.6%) using microscopy. With PCR, males were also more infected (35.7%) compared to females (33.3%) (p < 0.05). The highest prevalence of infection using microscopy and PCR both occurred in school-age children aged 5-8 years (3.6% and 47.8% respectively), while the lowest prevalence for both methods occurred in participants aged 17-20 years (0% for both methods) (p < 0.05). This study has shown PCR to be effective in detecting schistosomiasis infection and also re-a rms the endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis in the three Senatorial Districts of CRS.

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Prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in Abini Community, Biase Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria

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A cross-sectional study on urogenital schistosomiasis in children; haematuria and proteinuria as diagnostic indicators in an endemic rural area of Nigeria

A cross-sectional study on urogenital schistosomiasis in children; haematuria and proteinuria as diagnostic indicators in an endemic rural area of Nigeria

Evaluation of Intensity of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Biase and Yakurr Local Government Areas of Cross River State, Nigeria after Two Years of Integrated Control Measures

Detecting Schistosoma haematobium infection by microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in school children in three senatorial districts of Cross River State, Nigeria

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