The survey of urinary sehistomiass in Ishele in Amagunze, Nkanu East local Government was carried out using two methods of diagnosis i.e combination of questionnaire on clinical signs and symptoms, and laboratory microscopy using primary school children in the area as test samples. A total of fifty samples were randomly collected reveals the prevalence of urinary Sdristomisis is 62 %. The risk factor attributed was found to cotain the sried of the type Bulinus (physopsis) globusus and Bulinus fruncatus that are responsible because children play and swum in Afavu River. The sample were collected from pupils within the age of 6-12 years.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of content

List of table

List of figure

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction

CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review

CHAPTER THREE: Materials and methods

3.1 Areas of study

3.2 Collection of Specimen

3.3 Method Involved

3.4 Experiment

CHAPTER FOUR Results

CHAPTER FIVE Discussion

CHAPTER SIX Recommendation and Conclusion

References

Appendixes

LIST OF TABLE

TABLE I : Time scale in the development of schistosome species

Table II Age specific prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis from 50 urine samples analyzed.

LIST OF FIGURES

TRASMISSION LIFE CUCLE 10

DIFFERENT ON A OF SCHISTOSOMES 21

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease of urinary and intestinal tracts by schistosome. A specie which infect the urinary bladder is caused by schnstosome haematobuim widely found in Africa and was first discovered by bilharza in 1851 in Egyptian mummies and He also carried out an urogential tract autopsy. About 20million people are infected with schnstosome parasite, those who get heavy infection are especially or death. Billaries modify dictimery (1998) defined Schistosomiasis as infection disease of man caused by blood flukes of genus schnstosome. It is one of the most serious parasitic infection of man, affecting millions of people in tropical and sub-tropical regions of Africa, Asia and west Indies.

Schistosomiasis presents a constant threat to as many as 600millons people as they perform daily activities related to water, such like swimming, washing and bathing ( Bayers 1984) this Schistosomiasis affect for different prpolation from as a result of human contact with infected water, they includes (a) occupational (b) recreational (c) domestic (d) socio- cultural (Ukoli 1984) The three main species of schnstosome responsible for human infection are schnistasoma japonicum. Four other species occurring much less commonly are interculum, S matter, S bovis and S meking

The blood flukes in schnstosome is a long narrow known as Schistosomiasis or bilharziasis. schnstosome that livers in the urinary bladder of man is known as schisotosoma haematobium while that in the intestine is . schistosoms mansm, and also schistosnma japonicum,

Ramsay (1934) reported that male and female worms are separated individual but the female is smaller and is carried in a groove on the under surface of the male and lives in the vein of the host. The female lays eggsin the walls of the bladder and intestine causing inflammation and bleeding. The eggs are excreted with body wastes and find their way to water contaminated by several different water snail example bulinus which is the intermediate host of schrostome haematobium. Schistosomiasis is very wide spread and associated with poverty, poor housing and inadequate sanitary facilities and unsanitary human behavior. TABLE 1

TIME SCALE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHISTOSOME SPICES

	S. haematobuim	S. Mansmi	S interculum
Lease of life miraciduim	16- 32 hrs + 5-6 hrs +	16-32 hrs 5-6 hrs +	16 – 32 hrs + 5-6 hrs +
Emergence of cerconnae after miraudial pens tratim of snail	5-6 weeks	4-5 weeks	3 weeks
Lease of life cercansae	1-3 days	1-3 days	1-3 days
Penetratim time of cercanae	3-5 mins	3-5 mins	3-5 mins
Time taken for schstosonulae to reach lungs	4-7 days	4-7 days	4-7 days
First appearance of egg, in urine or stool after infection	54- 84 days	25-28 days	50- 80 days.

As compiled by ukoli (1984)

schistosoma has been found to be a disease rampart and highly prevalent in the revenuer areas, where man contact with infected water while performing their Agricultural activities. Ishiehy Amagunze using annual the river Afavu having an agricultural base with the people contact with the infected water and swampy soil, there is the tendency of the disease which manifest in the people with symptoms as haematuria tenderness of lower etc. It is prevalence in Armagunze increases as the people gets more into contact with the water bodies this makes water bodies unsafe for Agricultural recreational activities enchangers farm works and use of the water contact relation for the people have increased alarming due to the poor facilities and recreational features. hence, there is need to redetemine the level of Schistosomiasis in Ishelu Amagume, Nkanu local government.