PREVALENCE OF URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN ADANKOLO, LOKOJA KOGI STATE

Abstract

This research was evaluated to determine the current pervasiveness of urinary schistosomiasis among primary school pupils in Adankolo Lokoja Kogi State, Nigeria. The study was carried out to assess the prevalence of schsitosomiasis in relation to age group and sex among the sampled population. The investigation was carried out in five (5) randomly selected Public and private primary schools in Adankolo, Lokoja; with eighty (80) pupils comprising 55 males and thirty (25) females selected and their urine samples were collected and analysed using saline urine prepation and standard filteration methods as described by (WHO) 1991 and Ladan et al. (2014). The result of the analysis showed that 8 samples were infected in male and 3 samples were infected in females with prevalence of infection of 14.55% and 12% respectively.