AN EPIDEMIOLOGY SURVEY FOR SCTRISTOSOMIASIS AMONG PUPILS IN AMAGUNZE COMMUNITY IN NKANU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN EENUGU.

AN EPIDEMIOLOGY SURVEY FOR SCTRISTOSOMIASIS AMONG PUPILS IN AMAGUNZE COMMUNITY IN NKANU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN EENUGU.

ABSTRACT

The survey of urinary sehistomiass in Ishele in Amagunze, Nkanu East local Government was carried out using two methods of diagnosis i.e combination of questionnaire on clinical signs and symptoms, and laboratory microscopy using primary school children in the area as test samples. A total of fifty samples were randomly collected reveals the prevalence of urinary Sdristomisis is 62 %. The risk factor attributed was found to cotain the sried of the type Bulinus (physopsis) globusus and Bulinus fruncatus that are responsible because children play and swum in Afavu River. The sample were collected from pupils within the age of 6-12 years.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction

CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review

CHAPTER THREE: Materials and methods                      

3.1     Areas of study

3.2 Collection of Specimen

3.3 Method Involved

3.4 Experiment

CHAPTER FOUR        Results                                             

CHAPTER FIVE                   Discussion                                        

CHAPTER SIX            Recommendation and Conclusion 

References

Appendixes

LIST OF TABLE

TABLE I : Time scale in the development of schistosome species

Table II       Age specific prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis from 50 urine samples analyzed.

LIST OF FIGURES

TRASMISSION LIFE CUCLE                                                                   10

DIFFERENT ON A OF SCHISTOSOMES                                                21

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease of urinary and intestinal tracts by schistosome. A specie which infect the urinary bladder is caused by schnstosome haematobuim widely  found in Africa and was first discovered by bilharza in 1851 in Egyptian mummies and He also carried out an urogential tract autopsy. About 20million people are infected with schnstosome parasite, those  who get heavy infection are especially or death. Billaries modify dictimery (1998) defined Schistosomiasis as infection disease of man caused by blood flukes of genus schnstosome. It is one of the most serious parasitic infection of man, affecting millions of people in tropical and sub-tropical regions of Africa, Asia and west Indies.

AN EPIDEMIOLOGY SURVEY FOR SCTRISTOSOMIASIS AMONG PUPILS IN AMAGUNZE COMMUNITY IN NKANU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN EENUGU.