Intestinal helminthiases among rural and urban schoolchildren in south-western Nigeria

The prevalences and intensities of intestinal helminthic infection among primary schoolchildren were determined in rural and urban communities of the Ife Central local government area, in south-western Nigeria. After the schools in the study area had been stratified into urban and rural, a random sa...

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Published in:Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology 2007-12, Vol.101 (8), p.705-713
Main Authors: Oninla, S. O., Owa, J. A., Onayade, A. A., Taiwo, O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
General aspects
Helminthiasis - epidemiology
Helminths - isolation & purification
Humans
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Nigeria - epidemiology
Parasite Egg Count
Rural Health
Statistics as Topic
Urban Health
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Summary:The prevalences and intensities of intestinal helminthic infection among primary schoolchildren were determined in rural and urban communities of the Ife Central local government area, in south-western Nigeria. After the schools in the study area had been stratified into urban and rural, a random sample from each stratum was selected for further study. In each study school, a single fresh stool specimen was obtained from each pupil in randomly selected classes and checked, using a quantitative method (Stoll's dilution egg-count technique), for helminth eggs and larvae. Overall, 366 rural and 383 urban schoolchildren were investigated and 30.0% of them (36.1% of the rural and 24.3% of the urban; P
ISSN:0003-4983
1364-8594
DOI:10.1179/136485907X241406