Mansoniasis: clinical manifestations versus the intensity of infection

ABSTRACT

Some workers confirmed the relation between the infection level with mansoniasis and the manifestation of the disease while other investigators disproved this relation. To assess this situation a group of patients suffering from mansoniasis was classified according to egg count into four groups and the clinical manifestations were studied accordingly. It was concluded that there is a significant correlation between the intensity of infection and bleeding per rectum but no correlation between the egg count and haematemesis, abdominal pain and size of liver and spleen