Abstract
Assessment of the incidence of Schistosoma haematobium infection among patients attending general hospital Katsina was carried out between the months of March to July 2019. A total of 300 of patients age 5 - 65 years were screened for Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the urine. Centrifuge concentration techniques was used in the analysis of urine samples. A total of 39 (13%) of the urine samples were found to contained Schistosoma haematobium eggs. ui Schistosoma haematobium infection was significantly higher in male 29(16.4%) than in female 10 (8.1%) this is followed by the children aged 11-15 but lower incidence was recorded among age group 16-20 and 21-65 years respectively.
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