dc.contributor.author | Aruwa, J E Otieno | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-03T14:30:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-03T14:30:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1987 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Degree of Master of Public Health (M.P.H) At the University Of Nairobi. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/28804 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23206383 | |
dc.description | A thesis submitted in part fulfillment for the
Degree of Master of Public Health (M.P.H) At
the University Of Nairobi | en |
dc.description.abstract | A cross-sectional descriptive study of schistosomiasis
was carried out on the school children residing on Rusinga
Island of Lake Victoria in Kenya.
Between February and December, 1986 a total of 2620
pupils (79.5%) out of 3294 registered in the Island's
schools were examined. 247 pupils (9.4%) were found to be
infected with schistosome eggs; (88.3% with schistosoma
mansoni, 11.7% with S. haematobium and 0.2% with both).
Of those infected with S. haematobium 24(82.8%) had
haematuria (confirmed by reagent strips) and out of these
24, 21(91.3%) had more than 50 eggs per 10ml of their
urine specimens.
Of those with S. mansoni infection, 76(73,1%) had
bloody stools (confirmed by occult blood test) out of whom
70(97.2%) had more than 100 eggs per gram of their faecal
specimens. Only three pupils out of the 218 with
S. mansoni had hepatomegaly but all.three had more than
200 eggs per gram of their faecal specimens. There was no
relationship between splenomegaly and S. mansoni,
infection as only two (1.9%) of those infected had
splenomegaly whereas 49(3.7%) had splenomegaly but no
S. mansoni infection.
Intensity of schistosomiasis was found to have no
apparent effect on the academic performance of the infected
pupils nor did it influence their weight for age.
Potential intermediate snail hosts for S. mansoni
identified from the Island included Biomphalaria pfeifferi,
B. choanomphala and E. sudanica while those for
S. haematobium were Bulinus (Physopsis) africanus, B (Ph)
nasatus, and B. (Ph) globosus.
Apart from schistosomiasis 172 pupils (6.6%) had
Ascaris_1umbricoides, 136 (5.2%) had Trichuris trichiura,
67(2.6%) had hookworm, 44(1.7%) had Entamoeba histolytica
and 21 pupils (0.8%) had Giardialamblia. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | The prevalence, intensity and morbid1ty of schistosomiasis among the school children from Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria in Kenya | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |