A field study of proteinuria in individuals infected with Schistosoma mansoni

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: José Carlos Bina, Zilton A. Andrade, Reynaldo Dietze, Aluízio Prata
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1985
• Subjects: Schistosoma mansoni; Proteinúria; Estudo de campo; Nefropatia esquistossomótica; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821985000100003; https://doaj.org/article/b80c619e457e4b0ba160b2b5e2e00fb7

Proteinuria was detected in 24.7% of 89 individuals with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and in only 4.6% of 86 subjects with mild hepato-intestinal schistosomiasis, all of them living in comparable conditions in two endemic areas in Bahia, Brazil. From nine individuals who hadproteinuria over30 mg/100ml, eight had hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. These findings maybe related to the presence of schistosomal nephropathy and reveal the significance of this condition in thefield in endemic areas of schistosomiasis.