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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Circulating anodic and cathodic antigen in serum and urine from schistosoma haematobium-infected cameroonian children receiving praziquantel: A longitudinal study
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 18, No. 3, Year 1994
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Description
A cohort of 148 Cameroonian children infected with Schistosoma haematobium was followed before praziquantel therapy and 1, 2, 3, 5, and 12 months thereafter. Egg output, the reagent strip index (RSI, a pathological marker), and circulating anodic antigen (CAA) and circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in serum and urine were quantified. At enrollment, the median level of egg output was 365/10 mL of urine; 97% of children had a positive RSI; CAA was detected in serum from 76% of children and in urine from 64%; and CCA was detected in serum from 55% of children and in urine from 87%. Two months after chemotherapy, egg output and RSI had decreased significantly; reinfection later developed in parallel with increases in the serum and urine concentrations of CAA and the urine concentrations of CCA. The measurement of CAA and CCA is useful for diagnosis, evaluation of disease severity, and follow-up of chemotherapy in individuals infected with S. haematobium. © 1994 by The University of Chicago.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kremsner, Peter G.
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Enyong, Peter Ayuk I.
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Krijger, Frederik W.
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
de Jonge, Niels
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Zotter, Gertraud M.
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Thalhammer, Florian
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Mühlschlegel, Fritz A.
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Bienzle, Ulrich
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Feldmeier, Hermann
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Deelder, André Martien
Germany, Berlin
Landesinstitut Für Tropenmedizin
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Statistics
Citations: 64
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/clinids/18.3.408
ISSN:
10584838
e-ISSN:
15376591
Research Areas
Cancer
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative