Association of Schistosoma haematobium Infection With Decreased Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study
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- 1 May 2026
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
Abstract
We quantified incident pregnancies among reproductive-aged women with and without Schistosoma haematobium infection. Among 245 women, 59 (24.1%) became pregnant during a median follow-up of 370 days. Women with S. haematobium infection had a 52% lower rate of pregnancy within the study period compared with uninfected women (hazard ratio = 0.48 [0.29–0.80], P = .005).Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01 AI 168306)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K24 AI182638)
- Fogarty International Center (D43 TW 011826)
- Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine (T37MD014220)
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