Detection of Urinary Tract Pathology in Some Schistosoma haematobium Infected Nigerian Adults.

Screening for Schistosoma haematobium infection and its possible morbidity was carried out in 257 adult participants in Eggua community, Ogun State, Nigeria. Parasitological assessment for the presence of ova of S. haematobium in urine and abdominopelvic ultrasonographic examination for bladder and secondary kidney pathology were carried out.

Subtle morbidities associated with malaria co-infection with schistosomiasis among children in South-West Nigeria.

Background: Malaria co-infection with schistosomiasis is known to modulate the immune response and thereby to potentially alter the pathophysiological and immunological profile of the diseases. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between subtle morbidities and co-infection with malaria and schistosomiasis, and the immunological responses to the two diseases, among children in rural southwest Nigeria.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between April and July 2012 among primary and secondary school children in Eggua, Yewa.