Schistosomiasis in Women of Reproductive Age in Burkina Faso: Implications for Control

DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development

Status

Completed

Conditions

Schistosomiasis

Anaemia

Pregnancy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00463632

SRP-BF-ST-06

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cross-sectional study of prevalence and intensity of schistosome infection in pregnant women, follow-up into postpartum, and the association of schistosome infection with haemoglobin concentration, compared to a group of non-pregnant women.

Full description

The objective of this study is to investigate the epidemiology of schistosomiasis and anaemia among pregnant and non-pregnant women in Burkina Faso and explore the implications for the national schistosomiasis control programme and future studies.

Specific objectives are:

to determine the prevalence and intensity of schistosome infection in pregnant women attending for antenatal care and in non-pregnant women of reproductive age in an area which is hyperendemic for S.haematobium infection and in which there is little or no S.mansoni infection
to determine the prevalence and intensity of schistosome infection in pregnant women attending for antenatal care and in non-pregnant women of reproductive age in an area in which S.mansoni infection is common
to determine Haemoglobin concentration in pregnant women attending for antenatal care and in non-pregnant women of reproductive age in the regions described above
to investigate the association between infection and haemoglobin concentration in pregnant and non-pregnant women
to determine the prevalence of other parasitic infections in pregnant women and non-pregnant women including hookworms, ascaris, trichuris and malaria
to demonstrate the research team's ability to follow-up pregnant women recruited at antenatal care clinics onto the postpartum period

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

15 to 45 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: