A study on urinary schistosomiasis was conducted to determine its prevalence and intensity in five
villages around Gusau Dam, Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara state. A total of five hundred (500) urine
samples were examined for the eggs of Schistosoma haematobium using standard filtration technique. The overall
prevalence was 47%. However, the highest prevalence (65.47%) of the infection was recorded in Bokawa. The mean
egg count for the whole study area was 237.94 eggs/10ml of urine. Koramar Gora had comparatively high mean egg
count of 330.46 eggs/10ml, than other villages. Prevalence of the infection based on the sources of drinking water
has indicated that, those persons who use river (60.00%), pond (50.37%) and dam (46.15%), respectively as their
sources of water had higher prevalence than those who use well (38.05%), borehole (19.35%) and others (18.75%)
who use tap and packaged water, at Gusau (capital city) during their business. However, a highly significant
association (x
2 = 36.571; df=5; P<0.01) was found between prevalence of infection and source of drinking water. This
study revealed that, the study area is endemic for urinary schistosomiasis and there is therefore, the need for
government intervention to effectively control the disease in the area.