Urinary interleukins (IL)-6 and IL-10 in schoolchildren from an area with low prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium infections in coastal Kenya.

ABSTRACT: Urinary cytokines are gaining traction as tools for assessing morbidity in infectious and non-infectious inflammatory diseases of the urogenital tract. However, little is known about the potential of these cytokines in assessing morbidity due to S. haematobium infections. Factors that may influence the urinary cytokine levels as morbidity markers also remain unknown. Therefore the objective of the present study was to assess how urinary interleukins (IL-) 6 and 10 are associated with gender, age, S. haematobium infections, haematuria and urinary tract pathology and; 2) to assess the effects of urine storage temperatures on the cytokines. This was a cross-sectional study in 2018 involving 245 children aged 5-12 years from a S. haematobium endemic area of coastal Kenya. The children were exa

SUBMITTER: Njaanake KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10075406 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature