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| Title |
PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG HAUSA COMMUNITIES IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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| Published in |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1590/s1678-9946201658054 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Salwa DAWAKI, Hesham Mahyoub AL-MEKHLAFI, Init ITHOI, Jamaiah IBRAHIM, Awatif Mohammed ABDULSALAM, Abdulhamid AHMED, SADY Hany, Wahib Mohammed ATROOSH, Mona Abdullah AL-AREEQI, Fatin Nur ELYANA, Nabil Ahmed NASR, Johari SURIN |
| Abstract |
Schistosomiasis remains one of the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases especially in Nigeria which has the greatest number of infected people worldwide. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 551 participants from Kano State, North Central Nigeria. Fecal samples were examined for the presence of Schistosoma mansoni eggs using the formalin-ether sedimentation method while the urine samples were examined using the filtration technique for the presence of S. haematobium eggs. Demographic, socioeconomic and environmental information was collected using a pre-validated questionnaire. The overall prevalence of schistosomiasis was 17.8%, with 8.9% and 8.3% infected with S. mansoni and S. haematobium, respectively and 0.5% presenting co-infection with both species. The multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that age < 18 years (OR = 2.13; 95% CI; 1.34- 3.41), presence of infected family members (OR = 3.98; 95% CI; 2.13-7.46), and history of infection (OR = 2.87; 95% CI; 1.87- 4.56) were the significant risk factors associated with schistosomiasis in these communities. In conclusion, this study revealed that schistosomiasis is still prevalent among Hausa communities in Nigeria. Mass drug administration, health education and community mobilization are imperative strategies to significantly reduce the prevalence and morbidity of schistosomiasis in these communities. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 261 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 50 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 16% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 21 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 8% |
| Researcher | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 33 | 13% |
| Unknown | 77 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 75 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 30 | 11% |
| Unknown | 91 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 September 2020.
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#8,262,445
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Outputs from Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
#124
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#129,113
of 370,008 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
#2
of 8 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 785 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its peers.
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