Hepatosplenomegaly in Kenyan schoolchildren: exacerbation by concurrent chronic exposure to malaria and <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i> infection

Abstract

Children chronically exposed to malaria but without S. mansoni infection can have hepatosplenomegaly, which even light S. mansoni infections can exacerbate in an intensity-dependent manner. Thus, concurrent chronic exposure to S. mansoni and Plasmodium falciparum can have an additive or synergistic effect on childhood morbidity.