@article{27745,
  keywords = {Soil, schistosomiasis, Prevalence, Parasite Egg Count, Male, Humans, Hookworm Infections, Helminthiasis, Guinea, Female, Feces, Cross-Sectional Studies, Child, Adolescent},
  author = {Hodges M and Koroma M and Baldé M and Turay H and Fofanah I and Divall MJ and Winkler MS and Zhang Y},
  title = {Current status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea.},
  abstract = {<p>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.</p>
},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene},
  volume = {105},
  pages = {672-4},
  issn = {1878-3503},
  doi = {10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.07.008},
  language = {eng},
}