UNASSIGNED: Schistosomiasis is the major neglected tropical @entity66 worldwide. Current knowledge on the epidemiology of @entity2040 in Guinea-Bissau is scarce and regarding to the absence of @entity4114 (S.h.). Therefore, a pilot study was undertaken to assess the prevalence and morbidity due to S.h. @entity281 in randomly selected 90 @entity1 and adolescents aged 6 to 15  years. Prevalence of S.h. @entity281 was 20.00  % (18/90). Microhematuria was observed in 61.11  % (11/18) of S.h.-egg-excreting vs. 37.50  % (27/72) of non-S.h.-egg-excreting @entity1 p    <=   0.01. Body mass index (BMI) was less than 15  kg/m(2) in 52/90 (57.78  %) of all @entity1 and adolescents, but this proportion increased to 66.67  % (12/18) in S.h.-infected @entity1 who were more frequently stunted and wasted than in non-infected @entity1 . The mean weight-for-age Z score (WAZ) was reduced in S.h. infected as compared to non-infected @entity1 (-1.48        1.08 SD vs. -0.80        1.11 SD; p    <=   0.01). To our knowledge, this is the first epidemiologic report on @entity4114 @entity281 in Guinea-Bissau since 22  years. Even in this relatively small study sample, it appears that @entity4114 , besides the well-known symptoms such as @entity811 , leads to significant, albeit commonly unacknowledged morbidity such as stunting and wasting. These observations underscore the notion that this vulnerable but neglected population urgently needs to be targeted for implementation of measures for treatment and control.

XXXX in Guinea-Bissau: unacknowledged morbidity due to a particularly neglected parasite in a particularly neglected country.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['helminthic disease'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection'] @entity4114 :: ('6185', 'Species') :: ['Schistosoma haematobium', 'S. haematobium'] @entity2040 :: ('MESH:D012552', 'Disease') :: ['schistosomiasis'] @entity811 :: ('MESH:D006417', 'Disease') :: ['hematuria']
@entity4114 :: (6185,Species) :: ['Schistosoma haematobium']
