Eosinophil Cationic Protein, Soluble Egg Antigen, Circulating Anodic Antigen, and Egg Excretion in Male Urogenital Schistosomiasis

Peter D. C. Leutscher DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Institute Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Govert T. J. van Dam DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Institute Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Claus M. Reimert DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Institute Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Charles-Emile Ramarakoto DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Institute Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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André M. Deelder DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Institute Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Niels Ørnbjerg DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Institute Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Markers of male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) are needed to elucidate the consequences for reproductive health. Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and soluble egg antigen (SEA) in urine and semen, and circulating anodic antigen (CAA) in serum were assessed as MGS markers. Egg counts, ECP, and SEA in urine and CAA in serum, correlated positively. Seminal egg excretion exhibited marked day-to-day variations, but counts correlated positively with urinary egg counts and SEA in semen and with CAA. Positive predictive values with reference to seminal egg excretion were as follows: seminal ECP (52%), seminal SEA (83%), CAA (97%), and urinary egg excretion (82%). SEA in semen and CAA in serum constitute potential markers of MGS. However, urine egg counts as an indirect marker of MGS remains the preferred diagnostic method from a public health perspective.

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