Schistosomiasis survey and preliminary control work in the province of Bohol

ABSTRACT

The result of the schistosomiasis survey in Trinidad and Talibon, Province of Bohol, showed 93 out of the 305 individuals to be positive for S. japonicum ova on stool examination. Snail survey in the different areas covered revealed Bos. Kinan-owan and San Vicente of the Municipality of Trinidad and in Bos. San Roque and Baboy of Talibon to be positive for Oncomelania quadrasi snails. The endemicity of schistosomiasis in the above mentioned places is therefore, establishedSome control measures have been prescribed, which, if carried out through the cooperation and assistance of other government and civic agencies including the landowners, it may be expected that the problem of schistosomiasis in the Province of Bohol could be minimized to a great extent. (Summary)