Splenomegaly in relation to Schistosoma mansoni egg counts: a population based study
A cross: sectional survey on schistosomiasis was done in Comercinho (Minas Gerais State, Brazil), a town with 1474 inhabitants. Stool (Kato-Katz method) and physical examinations were done on 90% of the population and on 84% of the individuals over 2 years of age, respectively. The ecological and in...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cd75b8f5348849f1ac21e14990dfb962 2024-09-09T19:26:10+00:00 Splenomegaly in relation to Schistosoma mansoni egg counts: a population based study Maria Fernanda Furtado de Lima e Costa R. S. Bocha Naftale Katz 1986-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651986000600002 https://doaj.org/article/cd75b8f5348849f1ac21e14990dfb962 EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651986000600002&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46651986000600002 https://doaj.org/article/cd75b8f5348849f1ac21e14990dfb962 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 28, Iss 6, Pp 389-394 (1986) Human schistosomiasis — Splenomegaly Egg counts — S. mansoni Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 1986 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651986000600002 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z A cross: sectional survey on schistosomiasis was done in Comercinho (Minas Gerais State, Brazil), a town with 1474 inhabitants. Stool (Kato-Katz method) and physical examinations were done on 90% of the population and on 84% of the individuals over 2 years of age, respectively. The ecological and individual (case-control) analysis were used to investigate the relation between splenomegaly and S. mansoni egg counts in different age groups. In the ecological analysis there was a clearly correspondence between higher geometric mean of eggs and higher percentage of splenomegaly in the age groups 5-9 and 10-12 years. In the individual analysis it was found that only in the youngest individuals (5-8 or 5-9 years old) the splenomegaly was related with higher mean egg counts in the feces, having been a tendency to the decrease of excretion of eggs in patients with splenomegaly as the age increased. These results strongly suggest that the ecological data are' better indicator of the severity of schistosomiasis in endemic areas, as the decrease of the egg excretion in patients with splenomegaly may be a confounding variable for the individual analysis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 28 6 389 394 |
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A cross: sectional survey on schistosomiasis was done in Comercinho (Minas Gerais State, Brazil), a town with 1474 inhabitants. Stool (Kato-Katz method) and physical examinations were done on 90% of the population and on 84% of the individuals over 2 years of age, respectively. The ecological and individual (case-control) analysis were used to investigate the relation between splenomegaly and S. mansoni egg counts in different age groups. In the ecological analysis there was a clearly correspondence between higher geometric mean of eggs and higher percentage of splenomegaly in the age groups 5-9 and 10-12 years. In the individual analysis it was found that only in the youngest individuals (5-8 or 5-9 years old) the splenomegaly was related with higher mean egg counts in the feces, having been a tendency to the decrease of excretion of eggs in patients with splenomegaly as the age increased. These results strongly suggest that the ecological data are' better indicator of the severity of schistosomiasis in endemic areas, as the decrease of the egg excretion in patients with splenomegaly may be a confounding variable for the individual analysis. |
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