TY  - JOUR
AU  - Adesola, Hassan 
AU  - Uduak, Ntiaidem 
AU  - Olajumoke, Morenikeji 
AU  - Roseangela, Nwuba 
AU  - Chiaka, Anumudu 
AU  - Sunday, Adejuwon 
AU  - Oyetunde, Salawu 
AU  - Ayodele, Jegede 
AU  - Alex, Odaibo 
PY  - 2012
TI  - Urine Turbidity and Microhaematuria as Rapid Assessment Indicators for Schistosoma haematobium Infection among School Children in Endemic Areas
JF  - American Journal of Infectious Diseases
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajidsp.2012.60.64
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajidsp.2012.60.64
AB  - Problem statement: Urinary schistosomiasis is highly endemic in Nigeria and for effective control measure, an efficient, quick and yet cheap diagnosis should be integrated. This will ensure the proper management of infection due to Schistosoma haematobium in low resource communities of Nigeria. Approach: This cross-sectional study recruited a total of 456 (252 males, 204 females) school children aged 3-20 years between November 2010 and June 2011. Urine samples were examined macroscopically for turbidity and subsequently screened for microhaematuria using diagnostic reagent strips. The microscopic examination of urine samples for schistosome eggs was used as the standard for diagnosis. Results: The prevalence of S. haematobium and geometric mean intensity of infection were 54.8% and 13.9 ± 0.67 eggs/10 mL of urine respectively. The age and sex prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis showed no significant differences (p>0.05). The prevalences of urine turbidity and microhaematuria were 37.1 and 53.9% respectively and these varied significantly across age groups (p0.05) with their corresponding specificities 80.2 and 65.8% respectively. Intensity of infection was significantly correlated with the indirect diagnostic methods, urine turbidity (r = 0.203, p