ABSTRACT
Out of 222 students from primary and secondary rural schools, 191 were S. haematobium and 59 were parasitologically negative. A total of 135 students had a count of less than 50 eggs/10 ml urine and 56 had more than 50 eggs/10 ml urine. The sensitivity of reagent strips in detecting hematuria was 10% and 36% for the groups with less than and more than 50 eggs/10 ml of urine, respectively. The correspondent microscope figures were 42% and 93%, respectively. Proteinuria was detected in 11% and 29% of urines from the groups with less than and more than 50 eggs/10 ml, respectively. The specificity of strips and microscopical examination in detection of hematuria was 100%, while that for proteinuria was 97% as detected by strips. The results showed that urinalysis strips cannot be used as an alternative to microscopic examination of urine for the presence of S. haematobium eggs