ISSN 2756-3391
African Journal of Parasitology Research ISSN 2343-6549 Vol. 4 (10), pp. 264-270, December, 2017. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Schistosoma mansoni infection and hematological profile in an endemic foci in Western Burkina Faso
Hermann Sorgho1*, Ollo Da2, Toussaint Rouamba1, Boubacar Savadogo3, Halidou Tinto1, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo4
1Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé - Unité de Recherche Clinique de Nanoro, 11 BP 218 Ouaga CMS 11, Burkina Faso.
2Centre Hospitalier Universitaire SouroSanou, 01 BP 676, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso.
3Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé – Département BIOMED-SP, 03 BP 7192 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
4Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Direction Régionale de l’Ouest, 01 BP 545, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso.
Accepted 29 October, 2017
*Corresponding author: E-mail: [email protected]. Tel : +226 70117109
Abstract
Persistence of light infections of Schistosoma mansoni is common among individuals living in endemic settings despite the mass drug treatment with praziquantel. Therefore, it is of interest to understand the impact of S. mansoni on general health indicators such as hematological profile. In the present study, we investigated the impact of S. mansoni infection on complete blood counting an endemic foci in Western Burkina Faso. The results showed among schistosomiasis endemic population, in addition to anemia, participants having poor hematological profile had higher risk of being infected by S. mansoni (OR = 1.71; 95% CI 1.27 – 2.3; P = 0.0003). Conversely, S. mansoni positive subjects had a higher risk of harboring poor hematological profile (OR = 1.49; 95% CI 1.06 – 2.10; P = 0.023) when adjusted by age, gender and water contact. A longer follow-up would allow a better understanding of the long-term impact of schistosomiasis control program on important health indicators such as hematological profile.
Keywords: Schistosomiasis mansoni, hematological profile, ascending hierarchical clustering analysis.