prevalence of schistosoma intercalatum and s. haematobium infection among primary schoolchildren in capital areas of democratic republic of são tomé and príncipe, west africa

prevalence of schistosoma intercalatum and s. haematobium infection among primary schoolchildren in capital areas of democratic republic of são tomé and príncipe, west africa

;Peter WS Chang;A Tsubouchi;T Nara;DD Ji;ASRJ Costa;YT Chang;YC Huang;CW Liao;TB Chu;WT Chiu;CK Fan
environmental quality management 2012 Vol. 7 pp. 67-72
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Background: A parasitological survey of Schistosoma haematobium and S. intercalatum infection among primary schoolchildren in capital area of Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (DRSTP) was undertaken.Methods: Subjects with positive infection were confirmed by the detection of S. haematobium ova in the urine or S. intercalatum ova in the stool by using centrifugation concentration or merthiolate-iodine-forma­lin concentration method. Totally, 252 urine and stool samples, respectively, were obtained from apparently healthy schoolchildren, of which 121 from boys (9.8 ± 1.4 yr) and 131 from girls (9.7 ± 1.3 yr).Results: None of participating schoolchildren were found having S. haematobium ova in the urinary speci­men. While, among 4 primary schools studied, only schoolchildren from Saint Marçal were detected with S. intercalatum ova in the fecal specimen, making the overall prevalence of S. intercalatum infection among schoolchildren was 2.4% (6/252) and girls had insignificantly higher prevalence (3.1%, 4/131) than that (1.7%, 2/121) in boys (χ2 = 0.5, P = 0.5).Conclusion: Water control and sanitation as well as snails eliminated by molluscicides are urgently needed to reduce S. intercalatum infection in DRSTP inhabitants.

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