Pattern of genito-urinary parasitic infections at the Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.

Urinary schistosomiasis was more frequently observed among subjects aged 10-19 years old; and the degree of exposure to the infection was found to be high among the males. Comparative analysis of T. vaginalis infection among the females revealed a ten-fold increase in the detection rate for the flagellate in the urine samples collected from the Special Treatment Clinic than those from Out-patient department. The age-specific morbidity pattern for Trichomonal vaginitis was remarkably high among females of maximum sexual activity (i.e. 20-29 years old), 6(12.24%) and 4(8.16%) of the 49 cases of Trichomonal vaginitis had mixed infections with Neisseria gonorrhoae and Candida albicans respectively. The association between detection of haematuria, proteinuria and urinary schistosomiasis was supported. Age, sex and social behaviour were identified as important determining factors on pattern of genito-urinary parasitic infections.