PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG HAUSA COMMUNITIES IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA

Schistosomiasis remains one of the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases especially in Nigeria which has the greatest number of infected people worldwide. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 551 participants from Kano State, North Central Nigeria. Fecal samples were examined for the pre...

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Main Authors: DAWAKI, Salwa, AL-MEKHLAFI, Hesham Mahyoub, ITHOI, Init, IBRAHIM, Jamaiah, ABDULSALAM, Awatif Mohammed, AHMED, Abdulhamid, SADY, Hany, ATROOSH, Wahib Mohammed, AL-AREEQI, Mona Abdullah, ELYANA, Fatin Nur, NASR, Nabil Ahmed, SURIN, Johari
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964323/