Studies on the correlation between antischistosomal antibodies and infertility in men

ABSTRACT

Schistosomiasis affects the genitourinary system and thus might affect fertility. The present study tried to assess the relation between antischistosomal antibodies in serum and fertility. 44 oligospermic men [mean spermatic count 11.21 million sperms/ml] and 20 fertile men were studied. Both groups were treated from schistosomiasis years before and had no evidence of hepatosplenomegaly. Indirect hemagglutination test was positive in 81.8% of infertile men and 50% [P >0.05] of fertile men, while the circumoval precipitin test was positive in 18% of infertile men and 10% of fertile men [P >0.05]. This showed that there was no correlation between the level of antischistosomal antibodies in serum and fertility. It could be suggested that uncomplicated schistosomiasis is unlikely to be related to male infertility in Egyptians