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Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Intestinal Helminth Infections among Nigerian School Children

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are two parasitic diseases mainly affecting school children. The purpose of this study was to estimate the current prevalence and infection intensity, in addition to the associations of these infections with age and sex, in children aged 4–17...

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Autores principales: Alade, Tolulope, Ta-Tang, Thuy-Huong, Nassar, Sulaiman Adebayo, Akindele, Akeem Abiodun, Capote-Morales, Raquel, Omobami, Tosin Blessing, Berzosa, Pedro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832247
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040759
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author Alade, Tolulope
Ta-Tang, Thuy-Huong
Nassar, Sulaiman Adebayo
Akindele, Akeem Abiodun
Capote-Morales, Raquel
Omobami, Tosin Blessing
Berzosa, Pedro
author_facet Alade, Tolulope
Ta-Tang, Thuy-Huong
Nassar, Sulaiman Adebayo
Akindele, Akeem Abiodun
Capote-Morales, Raquel
Omobami, Tosin Blessing
Berzosa, Pedro
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description Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are two parasitic diseases mainly affecting school children. The purpose of this study was to estimate the current prevalence and infection intensity, in addition to the associations of these infections with age and sex, in children aged 4–17 years living in Osun State, Nigeria. From each participant (250 children), one urine and one stool sample were taken for the study, for the microscopic detection of eggs or larvae in faeces by means of the Kato–Katz method and eggs in filtrated urine. The overall prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis was 15.20%, with light infection. The intestinal helminthic species identified (and their prevalence) were S. stercoralis (10.80%), S. mansoni (8%), A. lumbricoides (7.20%), hookworm (1.20%), and T. trichiura (0.4%), all of them being classified as light infections. Single infections (67.95%) are more frequent than multiple infections (32.05%). With this study, schistosomiasis and STH are still endemic in Osun State, but with a light to moderate prevalence and light infection intensity. Urinary infection was the most prevalent, with higher prevalence in children over 10 years. The >10 years age group had the highest prevalence for all of the intestinal helminths. There were no statistically significant associations between gender and age and urogenital or intestinal parasites.
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spelling pubmed-99556722023-02-25 Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Intestinal Helminth Infections among Nigerian School Children Alade, Tolulope Ta-Tang, Thuy-Huong Nassar, Sulaiman Adebayo Akindele, Akeem Abiodun Capote-Morales, Raquel Omobami, Tosin Blessing Berzosa, Pedro Diagnostics (Basel) Article Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are two parasitic diseases mainly affecting school children. The purpose of this study was to estimate the current prevalence and infection intensity, in addition to the associations of these infections with age and sex, in children aged 4–17 years living in Osun State, Nigeria. From each participant (250 children), one urine and one stool sample were taken for the study, for the microscopic detection of eggs or larvae in faeces by means of the Kato–Katz method and eggs in filtrated urine. The overall prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis was 15.20%, with light infection. The intestinal helminthic species identified (and their prevalence) were S. stercoralis (10.80%), S. mansoni (8%), A. lumbricoides (7.20%), hookworm (1.20%), and T. trichiura (0.4%), all of them being classified as light infections. Single infections (67.95%) are more frequent than multiple infections (32.05%). With this study, schistosomiasis and STH are still endemic in Osun State, but with a light to moderate prevalence and light infection intensity. Urinary infection was the most prevalent, with higher prevalence in children over 10 years. The >10 years age group had the highest prevalence for all of the intestinal helminths. There were no statistically significant associations between gender and age and urogenital or intestinal parasites. MDPI 2023-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9955672/ /pubmed/36832247 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040759 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Omobami, Tosin Blessing
Berzosa, Pedro
Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Intestinal Helminth Infections among Nigerian School Children
title Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Intestinal Helminth Infections among Nigerian School Children
title_full Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Intestinal Helminth Infections among Nigerian School Children
title_fullStr Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Intestinal Helminth Infections among Nigerian School Children
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Intestinal Helminth Infections among Nigerian School Children
title_short Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Intestinal Helminth Infections among Nigerian School Children
title_sort prevalence of schistosoma haematobium and intestinal helminth infections among nigerian school children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832247
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040759
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