parasites. There was a significantly higher
prevalence of fecal parasites in Ubiri (77%)
as compared with Kwamsisi (43%) (p <
0.001). It will be noted that the major cause
of this difference was the high prevalence of
ascariasis in Ubiri as compared with Kwamsisi
(Table 3). Of the subjects 52% had Schistomsoma
hematobium eggs in their urine in
Kwamsisi while only 14% in Ubiri has this
parasite in their urine (p < 0.001). S. hematobium
was the only parasite found in the
urine samples. These differences had been
predicted from the pilot survey. The rates of
prevalence for fecal parasites were based on
191 fecal samples and the schistosomiasis
results on 147 urine samples. Few significant
correlations were demonstrable between nutrition
and the presence of the various fecal
parasites or urinary schistosomiasis.