Study on helminth parasites of man in sohag governorate, upper Egypt: III-incidence of urinary schistosomiasis in primary school children

ABSTRACT

Out of 1828 pupils of five different localities were examined for schistosomiasis, Schistosoma haematobium was found in the five localities in percentage of 6.4%, 4.58%, 1.6%, 19.39% and 22.79% in El-Baskia, El-Shiakh Youssef, A bar El-Melk, El-Khiam and Awlad Nousair respectively. The infection rate increased till the age of nine years when it decreased gradually with age. Females were markedly less infected than males. Ten cases of Schistosoma mansoni were found only in three localities