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Aims: The aim was to determine prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis among school age children in Igbedor, Igbokenyi and Nzam: Riverine communities of Anambra State, Nigeria. Study Design: This is a cross-sectional, prospective, school based study in which three communities situated along Omambala River were selected after which a public primary...
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... whose parents were farmers had the highest prevalence of S. haematobium infection using the three diagnostic method: microscopy (16.8%), macrohaematuria (0.0%) and microhaematuria (1.3%) Those whose parents were fishermen had the second highest prevalence of S. haematobium infection: microscopy (9.7%) macrohaematuria (2.4%), microhaematuria (10.9) ( Table 2). ...Similar publications
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