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Current status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea

Hodges, Mary ; Koroma, Manso M. ; Baldé, Mamadou S. ; Turay, Hamid ; Fofanah, Ibrahim ; Divall, Mark J. ; Winkler, Mirko S. ; Zhang, Yaobi

In: Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, vol. 105, no. 11, p. 672-674

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    Titel
    • Current status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea
    Autor
    • Hodges, Mary. Helen Keller International, P.O. Box 369, Freetown, Sierra Leone
    • Koroma, Manso M.. Northern Polytechnic, Makeni, Sierra Leone
    • Baldé, Mamadou S.. Programme National de Lutte contre l'Onchocercose et la Cécité, République de Guinée
    • Turay, Hamid. Helen Keller International, P.O. Box 369, Freetown, Sierra Leone
    • Fofanah, Ibrahim. Helen Keller International, P.O. Box 369, Freetown, Sierra Leone
    • Divall, Mark J.. NewFields South Africa LLC, 29 Chatham Road, Irene, South Africa
    • Winkler, Mirko S.. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
    • Zhang, Yaobi. Helen Keller International, Regional Office for Africa, Dakar, Senegal
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    Sprache
    • Englisch
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    • Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, vol. 105, no. 11, p. 672-674. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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    Summary
    A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in children aged 9-14 years in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea. Stool samples were examined by Kato-Katz and urine samples were examined by the centrifugation method. The overall prevalence and intensity of infection was 66.2% and 462.4 eggs per gram of faeces (epg) for Schistosoma mansoni, 21.0% and 17.8 eggs per 10ml of urine for S. haematobium, 51.2% and 507.5 epg for hookworm, 8.1% and 89.1 epg for Ascaris lumbricoides and 2.4% and 16.7 epg for Trichuris trichiura. The overall prevalence of schistosomiasis (S. mansoni and/or S. haematobium) was 70.7%. The prevalence of schistosomiasis was similar to those reported in the 1990s in the region; however, the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths has since fallen. These findings illustrate the need for schistosomiasis control in Guinea