GENETIC PROFILING OF SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUMINFECTION, SNAIL HOSTS AND CIRCULATORY ANTIBODIES OF INFECTED PUPILS IN NORTHERN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA
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2020-02-04
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University Of Calabar, Calabar
Abstract
The interactions between age, gender, socio-demographics, genetic vanat1ons of S.
haematobium I snail hosts, and antibody profiles of infected pupils in Northern Cross
River State, N igeria was investigated from March to September 20 1 8. Urine and blood
samples from 416 pupils aged 4 -15 years comprising of 224 males and 1 92 females were
collected in randomly selected schools across the senatorial zone