Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia.
Background The Gambia initiated a control programme for schistosomiasis in 2015. In light of this, recent and comprehensive data on schistosomiasis is required to effectively guide the control programme. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and associated risk factors of schistosomiasis among...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4fcd41bfade2494d932fdc2691dcf4c3 2023-05-15T15:18:09+02:00 Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia. Ebrima Joof Abdoulie M Sanyang Yaya Camara Alhagie Papa Sey Ignatius Baldeh Sharmila Lareef Jah Serign Jawo Ceesay Sana M Sambou Saikou Sanyang Christopher M Wade Bakary Sanneh 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009380 https://doaj.org/article/4fcd41bfade2494d932fdc2691dcf4c3 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009380 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009380 https://doaj.org/article/4fcd41bfade2494d932fdc2691dcf4c3 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 5, p e0009380 (2021) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009380 2022-12-31T09:15:14Z Background The Gambia initiated a control programme for schistosomiasis in 2015. In light of this, recent and comprehensive data on schistosomiasis is required to effectively guide the control programme. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and associated risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in The Gambia. Methods We utilised data from a previous study conducted in 2015 in 4 regions of The Gambia: North Bank Region (NBR), Lower River Region (LRR), Central River Region (CRR) and Upper River Region (URR). In the parent study, ten schools were selected randomly from each region. Urine and stool samples collected from 25 boys and 25 girls (7-14 years) in each school were examined for urinary schistosomiasis (Schistosoma haematobium infection) and intestinal schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni infection) using urine filtration, dipstick and Kato-Katz methods. Principal findings Urinary schistosomiasis had an overall prevalence of 10.2% while intestinal schistosomiasis had a prevalence of 0.3% among the sampled school children. Prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis was significantly different among regions (χ 2 = 279.958, df = 3, p < 0.001), with CRR (27.6%) being the most endemic region, followed by URR (12.0%), then LRR (0.6%), and NBR (0.0%). Prevalence of intestinal schistosomiasis was also significantly variable among regions, with 4 of the 5 positive cases detected in CRR and 1 case in URR. Every school sampled in CRR had at least one student infected with S. haematobium, 50% of schools in URR had S. haematobium infection, and just one school in LRR had S. haematobium infection. While S. haematobium infection was significantly higher in boys (χ 2 = 4.440, df = 1, p = 0.035), no significant difference in infection rate was observed among age groups (χ 2 = 0.882, df = 2, p = 0.643). Two of the 5 students infected with S. mansoni were boys and 3 were girls. Four of these 5 students were in the 10-12 years age group and 1 was in the 7-9 years age group. Macrohaematuria and ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15 5 e0009380 |
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Ebrima Joof Abdoulie M Sanyang Yaya Camara Alhagie Papa Sey Ignatius Baldeh Sharmila Lareef Jah Serign Jawo Ceesay Sana M Sambou Saikou Sanyang Christopher M Wade Bakary Sanneh Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia. |
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Background The Gambia initiated a control programme for schistosomiasis in 2015. In light of this, recent and comprehensive data on schistosomiasis is required to effectively guide the control programme. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and associated risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in The Gambia. Methods We utilised data from a previous study conducted in 2015 in 4 regions of The Gambia: North Bank Region (NBR), Lower River Region (LRR), Central River Region (CRR) and Upper River Region (URR). In the parent study, ten schools were selected randomly from each region. Urine and stool samples collected from 25 boys and 25 girls (7-14 years) in each school were examined for urinary schistosomiasis (Schistosoma haematobium infection) and intestinal schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni infection) using urine filtration, dipstick and Kato-Katz methods. Principal findings Urinary schistosomiasis had an overall prevalence of 10.2% while intestinal schistosomiasis had a prevalence of 0.3% among the sampled school children. Prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis was significantly different among regions (χ 2 = 279.958, df = 3, p < 0.001), with CRR (27.6%) being the most endemic region, followed by URR (12.0%), then LRR (0.6%), and NBR (0.0%). Prevalence of intestinal schistosomiasis was also significantly variable among regions, with 4 of the 5 positive cases detected in CRR and 1 case in URR. Every school sampled in CRR had at least one student infected with S. haematobium, 50% of schools in URR had S. haematobium infection, and just one school in LRR had S. haematobium infection. While S. haematobium infection was significantly higher in boys (χ 2 = 4.440, df = 1, p = 0.035), no significant difference in infection rate was observed among age groups (χ 2 = 0.882, df = 2, p = 0.643). Two of the 5 students infected with S. mansoni were boys and 3 were girls. Four of these 5 students were in the 10-12 years age group and 1 was in the 7-9 years age group. Macrohaematuria and ... |
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Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia. |
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Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia. |
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Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia. |
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Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia. |
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