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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Clinical characteristics and response to therapy in egyptian children heavily infected with schistosoma mansoni
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 146, No. 1, Year 1982
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Forty-one Egyptian schoolchildren (36 boys and five girls; age, 12-16 years) who were heavily infected with Schistosoma mansoni were studied. Symptomatic subjects had swimmer's itch and hematochezia. Hepatomegaly was found in 39 and splenomegaly in 31 children. All subjects had eosinophilia, 13 had anemia, 31 had elevated levels of serum globulins, and nine had elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase. All but one subject had antibody to hepatitis A virus, and 26 had antibody to hepatitis B core antigen, antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen, or both. Oxamniquine was given in single daily doses of 20 mg/kg of body weight for either two or three days and cured 50010 and 85010, respectively, of subjects treated; ova excretion was reduced by 86010-93010 for up to 12 months. Morbidity was associated with heavy S. mansoni infection. Therapy with oxamniquine was safe and efficacious. © 1982 by the University of Chicago.
Authors & Co-Authors
Strickland, George Thomas
United States, Bethesda
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
United States, Bethesda
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Egypt, Giza
Cairo University
Merritt, William
United States, Bethesda
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
United States, Bethesda
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Egypt, Giza
Cairo University
Ei-Sahly, A.
United States, Bethesda
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
United States, Bethesda
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Egypt, Giza
Cairo University
Abdel-Wahab, Farid
United States, Bethesda
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
United States, Bethesda
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Egypt, Giza
Cairo University
Statistics
Citations: 15
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/146.1.20
ISSN:
00221899
e-ISSN:
15376613
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Participants Gender
Male
Female