TY - JOUR
KW - Soil
KW - schistosomiasis
KW - Prevalence
KW - Parasite Egg Count
KW - Male
KW - Humans
KW - Hookworm Infections
KW - Helminthiasis
KW - Guinea
KW - Female
KW - Feces
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Child
KW - Adolescent
AU - Hodges M
AU - Koroma M
AU - Baldé M
AU - Turay H
AU - Fofanah I
AU - Divall MJ
AU - Winkler MS
AU - Zhang Y
AB - <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>

BT - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
DO - 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.07.008
IS - 11
J2 - Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg.
LA - eng
N2 - <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>

PY - 2011
SP - 672
EP - 4
T2 - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
TI - Current status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea.
VL - 105
SN - 1878-3503
ER -