Urogenital Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren and the Associated Risk Factors in Selected Rural Communities of Kwara State, Nigeria

Table 1

Overall prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis in the selected study communities.

Locations	Number examined	Number infected	Percentage infected (%)	Mean intensity ± std. deviation	Mean population egg load transformed into
Overall	724	332	45.6	127.9 ± 67.13	0.794
Bacita	205	106	51.7	130.5 ± 12.34	1.239
Ajase-Ipo	212	121	57.1	100.7 ± 23.01	1.274
Shonga	307	115	37.5	91.4 ± 78.00	1.060
values			0.014	0.018	0.039