Impact of schistosomiasis infection on maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnancy: a prospective cohort study in Nigeria

Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, affects approximately 40 million women of reproductive age contributing to preventable anaemia during pregnancy, intrauterine growth retardation and low birth weight. In spite of the high prevalence rate of this disease among school aged children in Aba...

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Published in:BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2024-12, Vol.24 (1), p.864-10, Article 864
Main Authors: Okoroafor, Chigozie F, Umeononihu, Osita S, Anikwe, Chidebe C, Adebayo, Adeniyi J, Ezeigwe, Chijioke O, Olaleye, Ayodele A, Okorochukwu, Bartholomew C, Ogelle, Onyechrelam M, Eleje, George U
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anaemia
Anemia
Anemia - epidemiology
Animals
Birth weight
Case-Control Studies
Cohort analysis
Consent
Disease transmission
Female
Gynecology
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Malaria
Morbidity
Neonate
Newborn babies
Nigeria - epidemiology
Obstetrics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - epidemiology
Pregnancy outcome
Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
S. haematobium
Sample size
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis - complications
Schistosomiasis - epidemiology
Teaching hospitals
Tropical disease
Tropical diseases
Womens health
Young Adult
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Summary:Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, affects approximately 40 million women of reproductive age contributing to preventable anaemia during pregnancy, intrauterine growth retardation and low birth weight. In spite of the high prevalence rate of this disease among school aged children in Abakaliki, no study in Abakaliki has looked at the burden of Schistosomal infection in pregnancy with a view to determining maternal and neonatal outcomes. To determine the association between schistosomal infection and maternal anemia, low birth weight, and other neonatal outcomes in Abakaliki. This was a prospective cohort study involving 94 randomly selected pregnant women with schistosomal infection and 94 matched controls without schistosomal infection. Pregnant women included were at 34 to 36 weeks of gestation. The Kato-Katz technique was used for identification and quantification of the S. mansoni, and S. japonicum, parasites in the stool, while the Ziel-Neilson stain was used for detection of the S. haematobium parasites in the urine. The patients were followed up until delivery to determine maternal and neonatal outcomes. The data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 20. The level of significance is at P - value 
ISSN:1471-2393
1471-2393
DOI:10.1186/s12884-024-07064-z