SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA IN COAST PROVINCE KENYA - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EGG OUTPUT AND MORBIDITY
SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA IN COAST PROVINCE KENYA - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EGG OUTPUT AND MORBIDITY
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DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.864
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
SIONGOK, TKA
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作者:
WARREN, KS;MAHMOUD, AAF;SIONGOK, TKA
Several studies of schistosomiasis hematobia [Schistosoma haematobium] in Africa have revealed a correlation between intensity of infection as measured by urine egg counts and severity of disease as determined by i.v. pyelography. A survey of 390 school children in the coastal area of Kenya involving a single egg count, and i.v. pyelograms in a stratified random sample of 69 children showed a greater prevalence of urinary tract disease in those with higher intensities of infection. This survey was then followed by a more detailed study in which 9 consecutive daily egg counts were done on 121 children; 17 of these children, subdivided into 3 groups with different intensities of infection, were given i.v. pyelograms. The results were similar in the 11 children with minimal and moderate counts (averaging, respectively, < 1 egg and 167 eggs/10 ml urine daily), with approximately 30% having bladder or renal abnormalities. All of the 6 children with heavy counts (averaging 1,288 eggs/10 ml urine daily) had bladder lesions and 5 of them had renal lesions.