الفهرس 
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCHISTOSOMIASISOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Schistosomiasis is a highly prevalent parasitic infection worldwide
and it is estimated that more than 200 million people are currently
infected and more than 779 million people are at high risk of infection,
85% of those live in Africa. Schistosomiasis is endemic in 76 countries,
with 46 of those countries located in Africa. In the last five years,
schistosomiasis became one of the neglected tropical diseases
The aim of this study was to investigate the last record of ministry
of health that schistosomiasis both mansoni and hematobium were
decreased to less than 1% of population and to see if schistosomiasis
should be considered one of the neglected tropical diseases or it should be
put in our mind and give it more efforts for control and eradication.
This study was conducted on 80 patients attending for
colonoscopic examination due to different complaints.
We performed for every case colonoscopy, rectal snip and its
examination by transparency technique and pathology, Kato Katz
technique, nucleopore filtration technique and abdominal ultrasonography
together with history taking and clinical examination.
We concluded that Schistosomiasis should not be considered one
of the neglected tropical diseases in our country, transparency technique
was the gold standard method for diagnosing schistosomal infection both
mansoni and hematobium and the percentage of schistosomiasis by this
technique was 21.25% followed by pathology of rectal snip followed by
parasitological methods Kato Katz technique and nucleopore filtration
technique, the most accurate site for rectal snip is rectal valves, and
Schistosomiasis can be a cause of chronic abdominal pain.
Key words:
· Schistosomiasis.
· Rectal snip.
· Colonoscopy