Schistosomiasis mansoni in Kenya: relationship between infection and anaemia in schoolchildren at the community level

Schistosomiasis mansoni in Kenya: relationship between infection and anaemia in schoolchildren at the community level

Haematological surveys were carried out in 3 schools in 2 areas where Schistosoma mansoni is endemic in Machakos District, Kenya, before and after a treatment campaign using praziquantel. Earlier clinical impressions of differences in the levels of anaemia between the 2 areas were not confirmed. Alt...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1996-01, Vol.90 (1), p.48-54
Hauptverfasser: Sturrock, R.F., Kariuki, H.C., Thiongo, F.W., Gachare, J.W., Omondi, B.G.O., Ouma, J.H., Mbugua, G., Butterworth, A.E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
anaemia
Anemia - blood
Anemia - complications
Anemia - epidemiology
Antiplatyhelmintic Agents - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Diseases caused by trematodes
Erythrocyte Indices
Erythrocytes - pathology
Female
Helminthic diseases
Hematocrit
Hemoglobins - analysis
Hookworm Infections - blood
Hookworm Infections - complications
Hookworm Infections - epidemiology
Humans
Infectious diseases
Kenya
Kenya - epidemiology
Malaria - blood
Malaria - complications
Malaria - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Praziquantel - therapeutic use
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosomiases
schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis mansoni - blood
Schistosomiasis mansoni - complications
Schistosomiasis mansoni - drug therapy
Schistosomiasis mansoni - epidemiology
Splenomegaly - complications
Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:Haematological surveys were carried out in 3 schools in 2 areas where Schistosoma mansoni is endemic in Machakos District, Kenya, before and after a treatment campaign using praziquantel. Earlier clinical impressions of differences in the levels of anaemia between the 2 areas were not confirmed. Although individual haemoglobin levels and haematocrits often fell below international norms, significant anaemia with abnormal red blood cell morphology was rare (
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90477-0