Vesical schistosomiasis at Odau village in Ahoada Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria. 1995

P I Agi
Department of Zoology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Studies on Urinary schistosomiasis and its snail vector was undertaken between October 1991 and September 1992 in Odau. Of the 890 urine specimens examined 514 (57.8%) were infected. 235 (45.7%) were excreting under 100 eggs per 10ml urine, 167 (32.5%) were excreting between 100-500 eggs per 10ml urine while 112 (21.7%) were excreting more than 500 eggs in 10ml of urine. Of the 514 infected persons 336 (60.5%) were males and 178 (53.1%) were females. Overall peak infection (78.7%) occurred in 10-14 years group. Male infection peaked (83.7%) in the 15-19 age bracket while peak infection in the females (73.1%) was in 10-14 years age group. Two snail vectors, Bulinus globosus and Bulinus forskalii, were collected from the study area. Bulinus forskalii was not infected with cercarise of schistosome throughout the study period. B globosus was found infected with furcereus cercariae believed to be human schistosomes. Population trend of Bulinus globosus was closely studied and observed to be related to infection with schistosome cercaria. Two broad transmission foci were located. One was in the village ponds where more children were infected. The other was in the pits, ditches and swamps in the plantations where the adults were infected. Control of schistosome infection through chemotherapy will best be achieved by January because immediate reinfection of parasites is not possible owing to the drying out of the ponds in January and February. And control of the snail vectors will be best in March and April because a large proportion of snail population is young and highly vulnerable to molluscicide attacks.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009549 Nigeria A republic in western Africa, south of NIGER between BENIN and CAMEROON. Its capital is Abuja. Federal Republic of Nigeria
D011159 Population Surveillance Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy. Surveillance, Population
D002033 Bulinus A genus of small freshwater snails of the order Pulmonata, found throughout Africa and the Middle East, where it is a vector of SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM.
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004199 Disease Vectors Invertebrates or non-human vertebrates which transmit infective organisms from one host to another. Infectious Disease Vectors,Disease Vector,Disease Vector, Infectious,Disease Vectors, Infectious,Infectious Disease Vector,Vector, Disease,Vector, Infectious Disease,Vectors, Disease,Vectors, Infectious Disease
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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