No Association between Urogenital Schistosomiasis and HIV Infection among Children in Ore Community, Southwestern Nigeria | Chapter 04 | Recent Advances in Biological Research Vol. 6
Aim:
To determine if there was any association between urogenital schistosomiasis
and HIV infection among children in Ore Community, Southwestern Nigeria.
Methodology: Urine samples were
collected from 438 children and examined microscopically for ova of Schistosoma
haematobium. A sample of 3 ml of blood was drawn from each participant for HIV
test. Antibodies to HIV were determined using Determine HIV1/2 kit, Unigold kit
and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Results: The overall prevalence of
S. haematobium infection was 30.1% while that of HIV infection was 0.9%. None
of the 132 S. haematobium infected children had HIV infection while 1.3% of the
306 children negative for S. haematobium were positive for HIV test.
Conclusion: This study did not show
any evidence of association between urogenital schistosomiasis and HIV
infection among children in Ore, Southwestern Nigeria. Therefore, urogenital
schistosomiasis may not play a significant role in the spread of HIV infection
in a locality where HIV prevalence is low.
Author(s) Details
C. Igbeneghu
Department of Medical
Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
S. A. Adedokun
Department of Medical
Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
Department of Community
Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,
Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
A. A. Akindele
Department of Community
Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,
Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
J. M. Olisekodiaka
Department of Chemical
Pathology, College of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Nigeria.
D. E. Idolor
Department of Medical
Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
and O. Ojurongbe
Department of Medical
Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
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