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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 26(4), 1977, pp. 696-701
Copyright © 1977 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Schistosoma Mansoni and S. Haematobium Infections in Egypt

I. Evaluation of Techniques for Recovery of Worms and Eggs at Necropsy*

Ismail A. Kamel, Allen W. Cheever, Anwar M. Elwi, James E. Mosimann AND Ray Danner
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Medical School, Cairo, Egypt NAMRU-3, Cairo, Egypt and Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, and Laboratory of Statistical and Mathematical Methodology, Division of Computer Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

Four hundred consecutive autopsy cases were examined in Cairo, Egypt. Sixty percent of cases had Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the tissues and 25% also were infected with S. mansoni. Only a quarter of S. haematobium infections were active, while nearly two-thirds of S. mansoni cases remained active. Adult S. haematobium and S. mansoni were effectively recovered from the mesenteric circulation by a combination of perfusion and dissection. Quantitative recovery from the genitourinary system was reasonably complete, although small numbers of worms were missed in the dissection of these organs.

Accepted for publication January 22, 1977.


* This work was supported in part by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the U.S. Navy, Work Unit MR-41.20.01-0328A2GX.

Address reprint requests to: A. W. Cheever, Building 5, Room 114, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.






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