Urogenital Schistosomiasis Transmission and Human Water Contact Patterns in Aponmu-Lona River Basin, Idanre, Ondo State, Nigeria
- Peletu B.J.
- Ofoezie I.E.
- Ikwuka A.O.
DOIAbstract
A study on urogenital schistosomiasis transmission and human water contact patterns was carried out in Aponmu-Lona River Basin, Idanre, Ondo State, Nigeria for a period of twelve months (May 2016 – April 2017) to corroborate the roles of human water contact patterns with the transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis in the Aponmu-Lona study area. The major water contact activities were fetching, fishing, baptism, bathing and washing clothes, farm tools, and household utensils. Contact patterns varied significantly between males and females (x2 = 357.75, df =1, p<0.001) and between sites (x2 = 340.989, df = 36, p<0.001). Out of all the snail species collected and examined for trematode infection, only Bulinus globosus snails in site 3 were ...
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