DECLINE OF URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN KURMUK TOWN, WESTERN ETHIO-SUDANESE BORDER, ETHIOPIA

Authors
BIRRIE H ERKO B MEDHIN G BALCHA F
Citation
H. Birrie et al., DECLINE OF URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN KURMUK TOWN, WESTERN ETHIO-SUDANESE BORDER, ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian medical journal, 34(1), 1996, pp. 47-49
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Ethiopian medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00141755
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
47 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-1755(1996)34:1<47:DOUSIK>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Urine examination of the residents of Kurmuk town, Western Ethio-Sudan ese border, done in April 1993, showed that Schistosoma haematobium in fection has now declined to 5.7% from 30.2% in 1981. The current inten sity of infection is also as low as 20 eggs/10 ml urine. However, the finding of infected Bulinus africanus indicates resurgence of urinary schistosomiasis in the town. Possible factors that may have contribute d to the decline and measures required to contain the disease are disc ussed.