Urinary schistosomiasis and malaria associated anemia in Ethiopia

查看全文 作　　者：Ketema [1]Deribew;Zinaye [2]Tekeste;Beyene [3]Petros 机构地区：[1]Department of Biology,Bonga Teacher Education College,P.O.Box 91,Bonga.Ethiopia;[2]School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences,College of Medicine and Health Sciences,Gondar University,P.O.Box 196,Gondar,Ethiopia;[3]Department of Microbial,Cellular and Molecular Biology,College of Natural Sciences,Addis Ababa University,P.O.Box 1176,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia 出　　处：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》索引2013年第3卷第4期,共4页 基　　金：Supported by Addis Ababa University and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency(SIDA/SAREC);Grant No.SS-TR/004/2007 摘　　要：Objective:To assess the prevalence of anemia in children with urinary schistosomiasis,malaria and concurrent infections by the two diseases.Methods:Urine and blood samples were collected from 387 children(216 males and 171 females)to examine urinary schistosomiasis and malaria and to determine hemoglobin concentration at Hassoba and Hassoba Buri village in Amibara woreda,Afar region,Ethiopia.Results:The overall prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis and Plasmodium falciparum malaria was 24.54%and 6.20%respectively.Only 2.84%of children carried concurrent infections of both parasites.There was high percentage of anemic patients(81.81%)in the coinfected cases than in either malaria(33.3%)or schistosomiasis(38.94%)cases.There was significantly low mean hemoglobin concentration in concurrently infected children than non-infected and single infected(P<0.05).The mean hemoglobin concentration between Plasmodium falciparum and S.haematobium infected children showed no significant difference(P>0.05).The level of hemoglobin was negatively correlated with the number of S.haematobium eggs/10 mL urine(r=-0.6)and malaria parasitemia(r=-0.53).Conclusions:The study showed that anemia is higher in concurrently infected children than non-infected and single infected.Furthermore,level of hemoglobin was negatively correlated with the number of S.haematobium eggs and malaria parsitemia.Therefore,examination of hemoglobin status in patients co-infected with malaria and schistosomiasis is important to reduce the risk of anemia and to improve health of the community. 关 键 词：URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ANEMIA MALARIA Ethiopia