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Study Of Schistosomiasis Among School Children In Berket El Sab District, Menoufia Governorate, Mohammed Hamed Bahbah, Wael Abd El Hamied El Shikhsalem
Study Of Schistosomiasis Among School Children In Berket El Sab District, Menoufia Governorate, Mohammed Hamed Bahbah, Wael Abd El Hamied El Shikhsalem
Menoufia Medical Journal
Objectives This study aimed to estimate the rate of schistosomiasis among school children in Berket El Sab district and also to determine factors affecting its prevalence among school children. Background The study area was in Menoufia Governorate, the southern part of the Nile Delta 100-150 km north of Cairo. Berket El Sab district is a model for rural Egypt that depends on the water of the Nile for almost all of its agricultural output. Participants and methods In this study, a multistage random sample of 1000 children of school age (6-15 years) was selected randomly from three primary and three …