Prevalence of schistosoma haematobium for 35 villages in six chiefdoms in the Kanema District; Eastern Province of Sierra Leone

The study of the prevalence of schistosoma haematobium was conducted in July; 1990 in the Kenama District; Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The crude prevalence was 32.6 per cent. The over-all prevalence was signicantly higher in females than in males but the age-specific prevalence was significantly higher in the 1-10 years cohort of males that female counterparts