EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GUINEA WORM IN FOUR VILLAGES IN MALUMFASHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE.
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GUINEA WORM IN FOUR VILLAGES IN MALUMFASHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE.
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1995-10
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KINILA, KILO PRUDENCE
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Abstract
In order to determine the prevalence, distribution and socio
economic impact of dracunculiasis and to assess health education
program for it's control in Malumfashi Local Government Area of
Katsina state, information was obtained by interviewing 2,701 in
habitants in 216 house hold of four villages (YanDoka, Kalgo,
Lamuntanni and Gangara) using a structured questionnaire. The
sources of drinking water for the villages were examined for the
presence of (1) Thermocyclops sp (2) Eucyclops sp and
Halicyclops sp, vector of Dracunculus medinensis.
The study, which was carried out by house to house survey,
between October 1992 and September 1993, revealed that 665
inhabitant were infected (24.62). YanDoka village had the highest
prevalence of 33.6%, followed by Kalgo (30.12). The highest rate
of infection was in Gidan /Tambaya hamlet in Kalgo village.
Males were 1.6 times more likely to be affected than females;
however the difference was not statistically significant.
Interestingly, the 0-10 age group was the age group at the
greatest risk of infection. It was 2.6 times more likely to be
affected than all other age groups combined. This pattern differs
from other studies. It was noted that (35.3%) of the in habitants
of the four villages were children. When the prevalence was
related to occupation, it was observed that school pupils
(32.3%), the jobless (28.8%) and the farmers (23.6%) had high
risk of infection. The disease is more frequent, during the rainy
viseason.
Dayi dam was used by a large proportion (1814) of the
respondents and 28.6% of them had dracunculiasis. Dayi dam users
were 2.1 times more likely to be affected than users of other
water sources combined. Both Dayi and the pond at Lamuntanni were
found to harbour cyclops: Thermocyclops and Eucyclops (Dayi) and
Theremocyclops (pond at lamuntanni). The density of cyclops was
highest in Dayi dam, followed by the pond at Lamuntanni but no
cyclops were seen in the stream at Fari and Gangara dam the other
two sources of water for the area. The number of cases of the
disease was lower among the villages who use the later two
sources.
Lower limbs were the main site of emergence of the worms
involving 81.8% of the 665 affected persons. 210 of 257 person*?
who were incapacitated for 1-3 weeks had worm emergence from
their lower limbs. The survey indicated that 91.6% of the 216
household, studied were-aware that guineaworm would be contracted
by drinking contaminated water. Only 55 (25.5%) out of the 216
households use monofilamentous filters, 56 (25.9%) used cloth and
105 (48.6%) did not use any filter. People who use cloth filter
were 1.8 times more likely to be infected than those who used
monofilamentous filter. Those who did not use any filter at all
were 2.7 times more likely to be infected than those who use.
Health education program were available to the village but a
significant proportion of those who attend health education talks
did not practice what they were told.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE,
FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
1995
Keywords
EPIDEMIOLOGY,, GUINEA,, WORM,, FOUR,, VILLAGES,, MALUMFASHI,, LOCAL,, GOVERNMENT,, AREA,, KATSINA,, STATE.