Author:
AMAZIGO U. O.,ANAGO-AMANZE C. I.,OKEIBUNOR J. C.
Abstract
A study of urinary schistosomiasis in Umueze-Anam, Anambra State,
Nigeria, showed a Schistosoma haematobium infection of 26% (85) among school
children with no significant difference by sex except when age as a variable
is introduced. Eleven percent (37) of the 333 children were positive for
haematuria; all these 37 children lived within 1·0 km of the water sources. Of
the 85 infected children, swimming and laundering accounted for 65% and 48% of
all water contact activities, for boys and girls respectively. One-third of
the 230 adults interviewed believed haematuria to be a venereal disease and
20% thought it was a sign of maturity. Individual perception of causation and
seriousness of haematuria differed by level of education and by sex. Less than
2% of the
respondents knew that snails
transmitted the disease. The effects of social restrictions on the
epidemiology of infection is discussed.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Social Sciences
Cited by
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