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Table 2 Urine Processing Technique, Prevalence, and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis by country’s subarea

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: The epidemiology and chemotherapeutic approaches to the control of urinary schistosomiasis in school-age children (SAC): a systematic review

Ref

Country

Subarea

Eggs concentration

technique

Sample size

Prevalence (%)

Mean Intensity

Age group (Years)

[45]

Nigeria

Kwara State

Centrifugation

551

35.20

N.R

9─16

[46]

Cameroon

Northern Province

Sedimentation

964

36

N.R

9─17

[47]

Nigeria

Plateau State

Sedimentation

242

2.07

27.8**

5─14

[48]

Nigeria

Kano State

Centrifugation

493

44.20

107.30**

5─16

[49]

Kenya

Migori County

Filtration

1768

8.90

N.R

7─14

[50]

Nigeria

Adamawa State

Centrifugation

232

47.80

8.30**

4─15

[51]

Kenya

Coast Province

Filtration

12,541

41.50

45*

5─19

[52]

Kenya

Coast Province

Filtration

7093

66

20**

5─21

[53]

Senegal

Fatick Region

Filtration

329

73.20

356.1*

5─15

[54]

Nigeria

Katsina State

Centrifugation

611

21.11

26.98**

10─15

[55]

Kenya

North Coast

Filtration

262

94

N.R

5─12

[56]

Nigeria

Ogun State

Centrifugation

487

57.1

45**

6─14

[57]

Malawi

Chikhwawa district

Centrifugation

1642

14.20

N.R

N.R

[58]

Niger

Tillabery /Tahoua

Filtration

1642

75.40

15.50*

7,8 & 11

[59]

Kenya

Coast Province

Filtration

4031

35

N.R

N.R

[60]

Ghana

Brong Ahafo Region

Centrifugation

100

50

N.R

6─15

[61]

Senegal

Fatick Region

Filtration

682

57.6

N.R

5─15

[62]

Cameroon

Magba Region

Filtration

382

41.10

154.7**

7─14

[63]

Senegal

Fatick Region

Filtration

210

57.6

185*

7─15

[64]

Nigeria

Lagos State

Sedimentation

102

78.43

N.R

5─15

[65]

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

Filtration

3514

8.76

6**

7─11

[66]

Zimbabwe

Chikwaka Communal Land

N.R

551

60

N.R

9─16

[67]

Nigeria

Katsina State

Centrifugation

436

27.98

35.29**

12─17

[68]

Zambia

Lusaka Province

Filtration

2040

9.60

31.40**

6─15

[69]

Nigeria

Ogun State

Centrifugation

187

64.7

0.95*

5─15

[70]

Kenya

Coast Province

Filtration

114

22.8

N.R

N.R

[71]

Angola

Cubal District

N.R

785

61.80

N.R

9─10

[72]

Yemen

Taiz, Ibb, Dhamar, Sana’a and Hodiedah Provinces

Filtration

400

23.80

N.R

†

[73]

Nigeria

Kaduna State

Centrifugation

505

12.30

2.69**

4─15

[74]

Nigeria

Rivers State

Sedimentation

130

23.10

N.R

5─16

[75]

Ethiopia

Gambella Regional State

Filtration

304

35.90

8.76**

7─14

[76]

Ethiopia

Almost all regions

Filtration

99,726

0.20

N.R

10─15

[77]

Nigeria

Adamawa State

Centrifugation

346

32.40

N.R

5─15

[78]

Nigeria

Taraba State

Filtration

1153

53.08

N.R

6─15

[79]

Nigeria

Cross River State

Filtration

200

21

N.R

5─15

TOTAL

144,755

   
  1. *Geometric Mean Intensity; N. R, Not reported; **Arithmetic Mean Intensity; † Not clearly defined