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Research Journal of Parasitology

Year: 2013 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 26-36
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A.O. Omonijo

S.O. Asaolu

I.E. Ofoezie

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Schistosomiasis Transmission and Water Contact Pattern in River Ureje in Ado-ekiti Local Government Area, Ekiti State

A.O. Omonijo, S.O. Asaolu and I.E. Ofoezie
An investigation of human water contact patterns and Schistosoma infection was carried out in River Ureje for a period of 12 months with a view to relate the contact patterns to schistosomiasis transmission potential in the river. Generally, human water contact activities in the study area revealed a marked seasonal variation in both the frequency and duration of water contacts (p<0.01). More contacts were observed in the rainy season than in the dry season. A cross-sectional study on the sex and age-specific water contact activities showed that the frequency and duration of contact that males made with the water were significantly more than females (p<0.01). Personal and economic activities were the principal activities of both males and females. The highest frequency of contact was recorded among school children and teenagers of age groups (10-19 years) and young adults (20-29 years). The distribution of contacts also varied significantly among the various sites investigated (p<0.01) to 41.9% of water contact pattern occurring on site, S2, the same site S2 where snails that were infected with human schistosome ceracariae were recovered in January making it appear that site S2 was the transmission site in River Ureje.
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A.O. Omonijo, S.O. Asaolu and I.E. Ofoezie, 2013. Schistosomiasis Transmission and Water Contact Pattern in River Ureje in Ado-ekiti Local Government Area, Ekiti State. Research Journal of Parasitology, 8: 26-36.

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jp.2013.26.36

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