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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 181, 期 3, 页码 1210-1213出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/315345
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Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected disease manifestation of schistosomiasis. A cross-sectional study was carried out to assess in a schistosomiasis-endemic area the proportion of women affected by FGS of the lower reproductive tract and to compare the frequency of symptoms and signs possibly associated with FGS between women with proven FGS (n = 234), endemic referents (n = 225, women living in an endemic site), and referents (n = 75, women living in a nonendemic site). Urinary schistosomiasis was diagnosed in 36% (239/657) and FGS in 37% (134/359) of the women. Cervical lesions occurred in 75% of the FGS cases, in 48% of endemic referents, and in 36% of nonendemic referents, The high prevalence of FGS in all age groups and the high levels of pathologic cervical alterations such as swollen and disrupted epithelium support the hypothesis that FGS might be a risk factor for the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus.
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