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Incidence of Schistosoma haematobium infection among patients attending general hospitals, Katsina, Nigeria
Abstract
Assessment of the incidence of Schistosoma haematobium infection among patients attending general hospital Katsina was carried out between the months of March to July 2019. A total of 300 of patients age 5 - 65 years were screened for Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the urine. Centrifuge concentration techniques was used in the analysis of urine samples. A total of 39 (13%) of the urine samples were found to contained Schistosoma haematobium eggs. ui Schistosoma haematobium infection was significantly higher in male 29(16.4%) than in female 10 (8.1%) this is followed by the children aged 11-15 but lower incidence was recorded among age group 16-20 and 21-65 years respectively.
