Human amoebiasis: epidemiological studies at two hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria

Investigations were conducted into the prevalence rates of Entamoeba histolytica over a five year period in Ibadan, Qyo State of Nigeria. Between 1979 and 1983, 1465 (17.23%) patients out of 8499 people examined at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital were positive for the infection. Within the same period only 37 (0.88%) out of 4196 people examined at the Adeoyo State Hospital were infected. Both male and female were affected. There is also no influence of age on the prevalence rates as both adult and children were infected with amoebiasis.