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

SUMMARY 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...

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Main Authors: Salwa DAWAKI, Hesham Mahyoub AL-MEKHLAFI, Init ITHOI, Jamaiah IBRAHIM, Awatif Mohammed ABDULSALAM, Abdulhamid AHMED, Hany SADY, Wahib Mohammed ATROOSH, Mona Abdullah AL-AREEQI, Fatin Nur ELYANA, Nabil Ahmed NASR, Johari SURIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652016005000241&lng=en&tlng=en