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The women were microscopically screened for infection with <jats:italic>Schistosoma haematobium<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 313 volunteer participants, 20.8% tested positive for <jats:italic>S. haematobium<\/jats:italic> infection. The prevalence of infection was highest (31.5%) among women aged 20\u201324 years. The infection intensity did not differ significantly between age groups (<jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic> = 1.848, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.71). Primigravidae and women in the first trimester of pregnancy had the highest intensity of infection with 33.1 and 27.7 eggs\/10 mL of urine, respectively. There was an association between disease prevalence and parasite intensity across the age groups (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 68.82, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.02). The prevalence of <jats:italic>S. haematobium<\/jats:italic> was not associated with age or pregnancy trimester (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.06), but associations existed between intensity of infection and gravidity (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis among pregnant women in Nigeria was high, with younger women and primigravidae at the greatest risk. 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