A Prevalence Survey Of Geohelminthiasis Among Primary School Children In Umuahia North Local Government Area Of Abia State.
ABSTRACT
A study of infection with geohelminths among primary school
children in Umuahia North local Government Area of Abia state was carried out.
A total of 400 primary school children aged 6-16 years were examined for the
heminth infections. Helminthes identified were Ascaris lumbricoides (41.5%) Trichuris
trichiura (6.7%) and hookworm (22.5%). A total of 276 subjects were infected.
The age of the children had no effect on the prevalence of infection (X2 9.275,
d.f = 2, P>0.05), however school location affected the level of prevalence
(X2= 20.836, d.f = 3, P>0.05); also one hundred and forty one were infected
(76.2%) as against 135 (60%) and difference was not significant (X 2 2.179, d.f
= 1, P> 0.05). This study reveals that schools located near rural settlement
had higher infection which probably indicates that poor sanitary condition that
may arise from poor sewage disposal, poor potable water, and ignorance and
these factors influence the geohelminthiasis status of school children and possibly
the entire communities.
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PRISCA, ODUKAESIEME. "A Prevalence Survey Of Geohelminthiasis Among Primary School Children In Umuahia North Local Government Area Of Abia State." Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2021). Accessed 19 May. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/a-prevalence-survey-of-geohelminthiasis-among-primary-school-children-in-umuahia-north-local-government-area-of-abia-state-7-2