Open AccessHematological Implications of Schistosomiasis: Experimental and Clinical Review
Author(s) -
Mohammad Aziz Al-Kazzaz,
Marwa Elhamy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pharmaceutical and biosciences journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-0540
DOI - 10.20510/pbj/9/i2/1344
Subject(s) - schistosomiasis , eosinophilia , schistosoma , immunology , anemia , medicine , disease , parasitic disease , biology , pathology , helminths , schistosoma mansoni
This review aimed to explore the deleterious effects of Schistosoma infection on the blood picture of infected hosts. International and local scientific search engines were navigated from till April 2021 for systematic reviews, clinical trials and experimental studies that address the hematological profile of the schistosomiasis-infected patients. Anemia and eosinophilia are the characteristic hematological findings of schistosomiasis but controversy was found regards the effects of schistosomal infection on other blood cells which may be due to discrepancy in infected hosts, Schistosomes strains, various laboratory methodologies or phase of the disease.