Table 2.
Urine Processing Technique, Prevalence, and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis by country’s subarea
| 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 | ||||||
*Geometric Mean Intensity; N. R, Not reported; **Arithmetic Mean Intensity; † Not clearly defined