Urinary Schistosomiasis among School Children in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Urinary schistosomiasis, a water-born parasitic infection is a debilitating disease of great importance in most parts of developing countries (Hatz, 1990). Studies have shown that the disease is endemic in Nigeria and that its epidemiological patterns vary from one part of the country to another (Pugh and Giles, 1979; Ejeize and Ade-Seramo, 1982; Arene et al., 1966; Adekolu John and Abolarin, 1986).