Authors : Salah Adam Abdalla and Yong-Hua Hu
Abstract: A cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of urinary Schistosomiasis in 2 rural Sudanese basic level schools; the schools were selected randomly from El Gorashi sector, at Matoog locality, El Managle province, Gezira State, Sudan. In each school, all students between 7-17 years olds were selected, 395 students composed 256 males and 139 females were 193 from Al Fakhaheer and 202 from Ahmed El Mostafa School. Data was collected by questionnaires, observation and interview and similarly urine sample was examined from each child. The Epidemiological data setup was created by (Epi Data3.0) software and analyzed by the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS12.0) software. The results showed that the prevalence of schistosoma haematobium for the search schools was 28.5% in Al Fakhaheer, 38.6% in Ahmed El Mostafa, so that mass treatment for school�s children and increase the awareness of control and prevention programs to the students, teachers, parents and community members by intensive programs of health education in the area is strongly recommended.
Salah Adam Abdalla and Yong-Hua Hu , 2007. The Magnitude of Urinary Schistosomiasis among School Children in El Gorashi Sector, Gezira State, Sudan . International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2: 93-95.