Gender and Age-specific Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis among Three Communities of Kontagora Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis among three communities in Kontagora Local Government Area, Niger state, Nigeria. A total of 200 urine samples were collected and processed using filtration technique for the presences of Schistosoma haematobium eggs. Out of the samples collected, the overall prevalence of the infection was 65.5%. The gender prevalence showed that males had the highest prevalence of 72.34% compare to female with 49.08%. The age-specific prevalence revealed that subjects at age bracket 10-20 have the highest prevalence of 81.82% and the least prevalence of 34.48% was recorded in subjects at age bracket>40. The results of this study revealed that the study area is endemic with S. haematobium infection. Therefore, there is the need for government and non-governmental organizations and concern individuals to embark on control measures against the disease so as to effectively eradicate it from the study area.