| Title: |
Water demand and schistosomiasis among the Gumau people of Bauchi State, Nigeria |
| Authors: |
Akogun, Oladele B. |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press |
| Publication Year: |
1990 |
| Collection: |
HighWire Press (Stanford University) |
| Subject Terms: |
Articles |
| Description: |
A helminthological study of stool and urine samples from 1037 people from 4 rural communities in Gumau District of Bauchi State, Nigeria, was carried out using formol-ether concentration and direct centrifugation methods respectively. 39·0% of persons examined were infected. Ova of Ascaris lumbricoides, Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni were the most common. Trichuris trichiura , hookworm, tape-worm and Strongyloides stercoralis were also encountered. 17·9% and 10·8% of examined persons had S. haematobium and S. mansoni infections respectively. A significant relationship was found between water demand index (number of persons per well) and infection with S. haematobium ( r = 0·95) and S. mansoni ( r = 0·88) ( P < 0·01). Such a relationship was not found with other helminth infections. A significant association was also found between distance from a river and prevalence of S. haematobium ( r = 0·94) and S. mansoni ( r = 0·95) ( P < 0·01), but not with the other helminth infections. These findings suggest that the water demand index may be an important factor in the epidemiology of schistosome infections in rural communities. |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/84/4/548; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(90)90034-C |
| DOI: |
10.1016/0035-9203(90)90034-C |
| Availability: |
http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/84/4/548; https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(90)90034-C |
| Rights: |
Copyright (C) 1990, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.B713A27D |
| Database: |
BASE |