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MATCHING - feMAle geniTal sCHistosomiasis IN miGrants Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Migrants Presenting to an Outpatient Clinic in Italy: Prevalence and Clinical Impact
Sponsor: IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria di Negrar
Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) in the migrant population with gynecological problems who access our center's dedicated outpatient clinic. Furthermore, we will address the relevance of FGS in women with clinical manifestations of the upper genital tract and evaluate the role of cervical-vaginal swabs in predicting upper genital tract involvement in schistosomiasis infection. The study is classified as experimental despite its descriptive objective of the prevalence of the infection of interest, as the vaginal swab and the PCR test performed on the swab and, if necessary, on the histological sample (collected during a possible interventional procedure performed for the patient's clinical needs) are not part of the standard clinical management of these cases but will be performed for the purposes of the study.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
15 Years - 49 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
96
Start Date
2025-02-20
Completion Date
2027-08
Last Updated
2026-03-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Cervical-vaginal swab
One cervical-vaginal swab will be collected by the gynecologist and will be sent to the parasitology laboratory of DITM for molecular detection of Schistosoma spp DNA using in-house real-time PCR.
Locations (1)
IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria hospital
Negrar, Verona, Italy