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Of the 724 urine samples screened, using filtration method, 332 (45.6%) school-aged children were infected with average intensity and mean population eggs load of 127.9 eggs\/10\u2009ml of urine and 0.794, respectively. Prevalence and intensity of infection varied with communities: high in Ajase-Ipo (57.1%; <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>X<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> = 100.7 \u00b1 23.01 eggs\/10\u2009ml) and low in Shonga (37.5%; <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>X<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> = 91.4 \u00b1 78.0). Infection was significantly (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.05<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) higher in males (50.8%) than the females (42.4%). Similarly, infection significantly (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.05<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) increased with increasing age. Multivariate logistic analysis of risk factors revealed that lack of portable drinking water (adjusted odd ratio (aOR) = 4.76; 95% CI = 2.64\u20135.98), unemployment (aOR = 2.23; 1.87\u20132.294), lack of knowledge of infection (aOR = 2.16; 0.59\u20133.83), and frequent contact with contaminated water bodies (aOR = 2.01; 1.45\u20132.70) were important predictors of urinary schistosomiasis. 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