Schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients: Parasitological and immuno-assay

Schistosoma haematobium infection is a clinically important water born parasitic disease. This study was conducted to detect the prevalence of schistosomiasis haematobium among haematuric patients by microscopy and immunoassay. About 474 symptomized patients with urological manifestations and attend...

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Main Authors: Marwa A. Ghieth, Amr M. Lotfy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-03-01
Series:Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2314853516302062
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Amr M. Lotfy
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description Schistosoma haematobium infection is a clinically important water born parasitic disease. This study was conducted to detect the prevalence of schistosomiasis haematobium among haematuric patients by microscopy and immunoassay. About 474 symptomized patients with urological manifestations and attending Beni-Suef University Hospital, Egypt were subjected to microhaematuria detection using dipstick reagent strip. Positive patients for microhaematuria were subjected to parasitological and immunological assay to detect S. haematobium eggs and antibodies. Haematuria prevalence was 17.7% (n = 84). Egg of S. haematobium wasn’t detected by microscopic examination of urine sediment of all haematuric patients, immunological prevalence of Schistosoma antibodies was 46.4% (n = 39). On comparing seropositive and seronegative patients for schistosomiasis antibodies none of the sociodemographic or clinical data were statistically significant. It was concluded that, negative microscopy for schistosomiasis doesn’t exclude infection. Combination of both clinical and epidemiological data in addition to sensitive diagnostic tools is essential for schistosomiasis. There is a critical need to develop more sensitive method to detect true prevalence of schistosomiasis.
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spelling doaj.art-4db2242f72424ee58129c65ecc214c822022-12-22T00:54:09ZengSpringerOpenBeni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences2314-85352017-03-0161838610.1016/j.bjbas.2017.01.007Schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients: Parasitological and immuno-assayMarwa A. Ghieth0Amr M. Lotfy1Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, EgyptDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, EgyptSchistosoma haematobium infection is a clinically important water born parasitic disease. This study was conducted to detect the prevalence of schistosomiasis haematobium among haematuric patients by microscopy and immunoassay. About 474 symptomized patients with urological manifestations and attending Beni-Suef University Hospital, Egypt were subjected to microhaematuria detection using dipstick reagent strip. Positive patients for microhaematuria were subjected to parasitological and immunological assay to detect S. haematobium eggs and antibodies. Haematuria prevalence was 17.7% (n = 84). Egg of S. haematobium wasn’t detected by microscopic examination of urine sediment of all haematuric patients, immunological prevalence of Schistosoma antibodies was 46.4% (n = 39). On comparing seropositive and seronegative patients for schistosomiasis antibodies none of the sociodemographic or clinical data were statistically significant. It was concluded that, negative microscopy for schistosomiasis doesn’t exclude infection. Combination of both clinical and epidemiological data in addition to sensitive diagnostic tools is essential for schistosomiasis. There is a critical need to develop more sensitive method to detect true prevalence of schistosomiasis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2314853516302062Schistosomiasis haematobiumPrevalenceIHATMicroscopyEgypt
spellingShingle Marwa A. Ghieth
Amr M. Lotfy
Schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients: Parasitological and immuno-assay
Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
Schistosomiasis haematobium
Prevalence
IHAT
Microscopy
Egypt
title Schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients: Parasitological and immuno-assay
title_full Schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients: Parasitological and immuno-assay
title_fullStr Schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients: Parasitological and immuno-assay
title_full_unstemmed Schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients: Parasitological and immuno-assay
title_short Schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients: Parasitological and immuno-assay
title_sort schistosomiasis haematobium prevalence among haematuric patients parasitological and immuno assay
topic Schistosomiasis haematobium
Prevalence
IHAT
Microscopy
Egypt
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2314853516302062
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