Abstract

Mann-Whitney test. There was no association between infection status or interleukin-6 and the levels acute phase proteins p>0.05 for all acute phase proteins. Findings suggest no bearing of Schistosoma haematobium infection status on level of acute phase proteins before and after annual treatment with praziquantel. Extent of inflammation cannot be determined using ferritin, tissue plasminogen activator and fibrinogen. Levels of interleukin-6 did not have any bearing on levels of acute phase proteins. There is need to explore other acute phase proteins as inflammatory markers in Schistosoma haematobium infection