The Incidence Rate of Schistosoma heamatobium among School Children in Alkemair village, Almatama Locality, Nahr Al Nil State

Abstract

This study was conducted in Alkemair village, Shandi on 200 child comprising different gender and age groups. Two techniques were used in this study: centrifugation and viability techniques . The results revealed that out of the 200 urine samples examined by the centrifugation technique, 24 were found to be positive for Schistosoma heamatobium infection, and constituting on overall prevalence rate of 12%. Out of 100 males examined, 8 were found positive for S. heamatobium infection and out of the 100 females examined, 16 were found positive. This constitutes 8% and 16% incidence rate respectively The highest incidence rate (13.9%) was reported among the 4—8 age groups, while the lowest rate (2.9%) was reported among the 14—18 age group. The result showed that the incidence rate was 19.8% for those who had contact with water. The result revealed that 61.8%(535 l 886) of the egg were viable using stain.