?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+survey+of+the+prevalence+of+Schistosomiasis+among+pupils+in+Apata+and+Laranto+areas+in+Jos%2C+Plateau+State%0A&rft.creator=Okpala+Obi%2C+Herbert&rft.creator=Ezera%2C+Agwu&rft.creator=Agba+Ikenna%2C+Dr.+Matthias&rft.creator=Chimezie+Remigius%2C+Onyirioha&rft.creator=Nwobu+Obiora%2C+Dr.+Gilbert&rft.creator=Ohihoin+Abuovbo%2C+Aidevbo&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Prevalence+of+Schistosomiasis+in+apparently+healthy+primary+school+pupils+in+Apata+and+Laranto+areas+of+Jos+was+surveyed+using+300+samples+of+stool+and+300+samples+of+urine.+The+stool+samples+were+processed+using+formol+ether+concentration+techniques+while+the+urine+samples+were+processed+by+ordinary+centrifugal+sedimentation+technique.+The+overall+prevalence+of+urinary+(Schistosoma+haematobium)+and+intestinal+(Schistosoma+mansoni)+schistosomiasis+was+0.67%25%2C+with+three+samples+(1%25+prevalence)+positive+for+intestinal+(Schistosoma+mansoni)+and+one+sample+(0.33%25+prevalence)+positive+for+urinary+(Schistosoma+haematobium)+schistosomiasis+respectively.+Two+of+the+three+cases+positive+for+Schistosoma+mansoni+were+males+in+the+age+group+of+11%E2%80%9315+years+and+the+one+positive+for+Schistosoma+haematobium+was+a+male+patient.+Prevalence+in+the+studied+area+is+therefore+very+low+and+immigration%2C+sex+and+age+dependent&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2004-07&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3717%2F1%2F2004-1-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Okpala+Obi%2C+Herbert+and+Ezera%2C+Agwu+and+Agba+Ikenna%2C+Dr.+Matthias+and+Chimezie+Remigius%2C+Onyirioha+and+Nwobu+Obiora%2C+Dr.+Gilbert+and+Ohihoin+Abuovbo%2C+Aidevbo++(2004)+A+survey+of+the+prevalence+of+Schistosomiasis+among+pupils+in+Apata+and+Laranto+areas+in+Jos%2C+Plateau+State.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3717%2F