Clinico-epidemiological study of Schistosomiasis mansoni in Waja-Timuga, District of Alamata, northern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by digenetic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, is the most prevalent water related disease that causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Although prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection has been reported for the present study area, earlier studies have not estimated intensity of infections in relation to periportal fibrosis, which would have been crucial for epidemiological and clinical evaluations. Hence, a community based cross sectional study was conducted from December 2011 to March 2012 to assess prevalence of infection and schistosomal periportal fibrosis in Waja-Timuga, northern Ethiopia.

Methods

In a cross sectional study involving 371 randomly selected individuals, fresh stool samples were collected and proces

SUBMITTER: Abebe N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4022361 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature