Cytological and Wet Mount Microscopic Observations Made in Urine of Schistosoma haematobium-Infected Children: Hint of the Implication in Bladder Cancer

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Wet mount and Papanicolaou-stained smears. (a) Low/light intensity of S. haematobium eggs (with a zoom in), (b) high intensity of S. haematobium eggs in the samples (with a zoom in), (c, d) presence of high and low number of red blood cells observed in wet mount (black arrows pointing to some red blood cells), (e) presence of blood cells in Papanicolaou-stained smears (black arrows pointing to cluster of red blood cells around an S. haematobium egg), eggs of S. mansoni in the S. haematobium-infected urine samples (f) in wet mount and (g) in Papanicolaou-stained smears (source of images: authors’ laboratory work).