Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, H: Environment & Earth Science, Volume 21 Issue 6

a) Knowledge and Prevalence of Schistosomiasis and the Exposure to Source of Infection Table 2: Shows the knowledge and prevalence of schistosomiasis and the exposure to source of infection. At Ibaro and Apojula 51(73.9%) and 80(96.4%) visit the stream, 18(26.1%) and 3(3.6%) do not visit the stream, 20(64.5%) and 48(98.0) were tested positive in both communities. This table shows that some visit the stream daily, weekly and occasionally. At Ibaro high percentage visit rivers daily with 54(78.3%) and 26(83.9%) were tested positive while at Apojula high percentage visit rivers weekly of which 26(53.1%) tested positive with no significant difference (p>0.05). At Ibaro and Apojula community 60(87.0%) and 65(78.3%) have seen blood in their urine, 7(10.1%) and 32(38.6%) experience painful urination, 2(2.9%) and 18(21.7%) have not experience blood in their urine. Information on schistosoma infection in the communities shows that Ibaro and Apojula83(100%), 68(81.9) heard about the disease and 15(18.1%) have no idea of the infection. Table 2: Prevalence of Schistosomiasis and the exposure to source of infections b) Mean Intensity of Schistosoma Haemato- biumInfection Table 3 Showing intensity rates of the infections among population in both communities which seen in both male and female which is more in the age group of 5-13 years which are the school aged children. The female has more light infection than male 35(52.2%) and 32(46.4%) and 1(50.0%) and 10(71.4%) with heavy infection from Ibaro and Apojula with no significant difference (p>0.05). Table 3: Mean Intensity of Schistosomahaematobium Infection Traditional Approaches on Morbidity and Case Management of Urinary Schistosoma Infection in Rural Communities of Ogun State, Nigeria 1 Global Journal of Science Frontier Research Volume XXI Issue VI Year 2021 77 ( H ) © 2021 Global Journals Version I _____________________________________________________________________________ Location Ibaro Apojula Positive Negative Total Positive Negative Total _____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you visit stream? Yes 20(64.5) 31(81.6) 51(73.9) 48(98.0) 32(94.1) 80(96.4) No 11(35.5) 7(18.4) 18(26.1) 1(2.0) 2(5.9) 3(3.6) P-value 0.048 P-value 0.631 How often do you visit river? Daily 26(83.9) 28(73.7) 54(78.3) 22(44.9) 11(32.4) 33(39.8) Weekly 0(0.0) 3(7.9) 3(4.3) 26(53.1) 23(67.6) 49(59.0) Occasionally 5(16.1) 7(18.4) 12(17.4) 1(2.0) 0(0.0) 1(1.2) P-value 0.331 P-value 0.563 Do you heard of Scistosomiasis? Yes 30(96.8) 37(97.4) 67(97.1) 26(76.5) 42(85.7) 68(81.9) No 1(3.2) 1(2.6) 2(2.9) 8(23.5) 7(14.5) 15(18.1) P-value 0.707 P-value 0.542 Have you seen blood in your urine? Yes 31(100.0) 38(100.0) 69(100.0) 38(77.6) 27(79.4) 65(78.3) No 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 11(22.4) 7(20.6) 18(21.7) P-value 0.707 P-value 0.542 (n=152) Location Ibaro Apojula Light Heavy Total Light Heavy Total Sex Male 32 (47.8) 1 (50.0) 33 (47.8) 37 (53.6) 4 (28.6) 41 (49.4) Female 35 (52.2) 1 (50.0) 36 (52.2) 32 (46.4) 10 (71.4) 42 (50.6) P-value 1.000 P-value 0.141 Age 1-4 11 (16.4) 0 (0.0) 11 (15.9) 18 (26.1) 2 (14.3) 20 (24.1) 5-13 42 (62.7) 2 (100.0) 44 (63.8) 25 (36.2) 5 (35.7) 30 (36.1) 14-22 5 (7.5) 0 (0.0) 5 (7.2) 11 (15.9) 3 (21.4) 14 (16.9) <22 9 (13.4) 0 (0.0) 9 (13.0) 15 (21.7) 4 (28.6) 19 (22.9) P-value 0.760 P-value 0.773 (n=152) P-value < 0.05 means there is significant difference while p-value > 0.05 means there is no significant difference. Light infection is egg count less than 50 per 10ml (1-49 eggs/10ml) while heavy infection is greater than/equal to 50 eggs per 10 ml of urine (>=50 eggs/10 ml)