Abstract:
This study was conducted to determine the epidemiological survey of urinary schistosomiasis in Khartoum City and New Halfa City- Sudan. For this purpose, a cross-sectional study was carried out during the period from June to September 2011. Participants in this study included 770, 475 (61.7%) were males and 295 (38.3%) were females. The age of the study subjects included in the present study ranges between 4-85 years, mean age was 23 years and the age was divided into 5 groups: 4-12, 13-19, 20-45, 46-60 and 61-85 years old. Urine samples were collected from all subjects. Parasitological and epidemiological data were obtained and recorded. The urine samples were examined to detect the eggs of Schistosoma haematobium by using sedimentation technique. Out of 770, 3 (0.4%) were found positive for Schistosoma haematobium in El Kalakla area in Khartoum and no positive cases reported from New Halfa city. The present study reflected that the relation between S. haematobium infection and presence of haematuria was insignificant (p=0.761). The study showed that the relation between infection and knowledge about an infection was insignificant (p=0.319). The study indicated that the prevalence of S. haematobium in the study area was low (0.4%).
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