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Schistosomiasis of the lower reproductive tract without egg excretion in urine.
G Poggensee
G Poggensee
Institut für Tropenmedizin, Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
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I Kiwelu
I Kiwelu
Institut für Tropenmedizin, Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
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M Saria
M Saria
Institut für Tropenmedizin, Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
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J Richter
J Richter
Institut für Tropenmedizin, Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
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I Krantz
I Krantz
Institut für Tropenmedizin, Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
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H Feldmeier
H Feldmeier
Institut für Tropenmedizin, Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
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The individual and public health impact of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) has been studied and FGS as a risk factor for acquiring human immunodeficiency virus is discussed. In a community-based study in Tanzania, 40% of the women of child-bearing age (n=543) showed excretion of Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the urine (median=2.2 eggs/10 ml of urine) and 32% (n=263) had S. haematobium eggs in their cervical tissue. Urinary and genital schistosomiasis coexisted in 62% of the women, but S. haematobium eggs were found in the cervix without detectable egg excretion in the urine in 23%. Only 43% of the FGS cases had hematuria. Since FGS frequently exists in women with scanty or no egg excretion in the urine and because this disease manifestation is a considerable individual and public health hazard in S. haematobium-endemic areas, mass treatment targeted to women of child-bearing age should be considered.
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