[Investigation of urinary schistosomiasis outbreak in the primary school of the village Guébo 2, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2014 Aug;107(3):185-7. doi: 10.1007/s13149-014-0362-9. Epub 2014 May 16.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the results of an outbreak investigation of urinary schistosomiasis in 2012 among school children at Guébo 2. Among the 250 school children, 107 (42.8%) had confirmed urinary schistosomiasis. Age ≥ 10y (OR = 2.6 [1.1 to 6.2]) and self-reported bathing in the river (OR = 14.0 [4.7 to 42.5]) were associated with the presence of S.h. in the adjusted analyses. A massive deworming of the population of Guébo-1&2 was conducted as epidemic-response.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cities / epidemiology
  • Cote d'Ivoire / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Schistosomiasis haematobia / epidemiology*
  • Schools / statistics & numerical data
  • Students / statistics & numerical data