The Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis among the Abo-Matariq Population, East Darfur State, Sudan

This cross-sectional study was conducted in Abo-Matariq area in East Darfur state on 570 individuals (370 malesand 200 females) to determine the prevalence rate of Schistosoma haematobium and to evaluate two diagnosticmethods (sedimentation and filtration techniques). The study was carried out during the period between February2018-April 2018, urine samples were taken from the subjects. The study showed that the overall prevalence rate ofinfection was 20.2%, all positive cases (115) out of 570 were detected by using urine sedimentation and filtrationtechniques.Males have reported a higher rate of infection than females (15.8% and 4.4% respectively). The highest infectionrate of 15.6% was reported among the age group of 11-20 years, while there was no positive case reported amongthe 31-40 and over 40 years age groups. The study showed that among 115 positive cases, 107 (18.8%) had directcontact with water and 8 (1.4%) had no contact with water. Also, the study showed that among 115 positive cases100 (17.6%) had haematuria in their urine while 15 (2.6%) had no haematuria in their urine. The study showed anequal detection rate for both techniques used.