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Resisting control of neglected tropical diseases: dilemmas in the mass treatment of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in north-west Uganda [PDF]

, 2007
A strong case has recently been made by academics and policymakers to develop national programmes for the integrated control of Africa’s ‘neglected tropical diseases’.
Allen, Tim, Hastings, Julie, Parker, Melissa   +2 more
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A Spatially Explicit Model of the Dynamics of Opisthorchis viverrini Spread

Ecohydrology, Volume 18, Issue 2, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Opisthorchis viverrini is a water‐based disease‐causing parasite whose public health implications are relevant in Southeast Asia. Untreated or chronic infections often lead to severe hepatobiliary morbidity including cholangiocarcinoma, a lethal bile duct cancer. The liver fluke O.
Cristiano Trevisin, Lars Kamber, Lorenzo Mari, Nakul Chitnis, Javier Perez‐Saez, Somphou Sayasone, Peter Odermatt, Marino Gatto, Andrea Rinaldo   +8 more
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Exposure of Heligmosomoides polygyrus and Trichuris muris to albendazole, albendazole sulfoxide, mebendazole and oxantel pamoate in vitro and in vivo to elucidate the pathway of drug entry into these gastrointestinal nematodes

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2017
Millions of people are treated with anthelmintics to control soil-transmitted helminth infections; yet, drug distribution in the plasma and gastrointestinal tract compartments and the pathway of drug uptake into gastrointestinal nematodes responsible for
Noemi Cowan, Charles Meier, Anna Neodo, Jennifer Keiser   +3 more
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Isolated splenic cystic echinococcosis and albendazole hepatotoxicity

IDCases, 2022
Isolated splenic cystic echinococcosis is a rare condition. In Greece the number of cases has declined substantially in the last 20 years. The spleen is the second most common extrahepatic site of cystic echinococcosis.
Nikolaos Moussas, Sotirios Adamidis, Nikolaos Adamidis, Charalabos Stratopoulos, Panagiotis Gargalianos-Kakolyris   +4 more
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Praziquantel coverage in schools and communities targeted for the elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional survey [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 Knopp et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any ...
Ali, SM, Ame, SM, Blair, L, Fenwick, A, Juma, S, Khamis, IS, Knopp, S, Mohammed, KA, Muhsin, J, Person, B, Rabone, M, Rollinson, D   +11 more
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In Vitro Cestocidal Activity of Thymol on Mesocestoides corti Tetrathyridia and Adult Worms [PDF]

, 2014
Nothing is known about the possible effect of thymol or other compounds of essential oils against the adult worms of cestodes. The aim of the present work was to determine in vitro cestodicidal activity of thymol against Mesocestoides corti adult worms ...
Elissondo, María Celina, Maggiore, Marina Alejandra   +1 more
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Human liver flukes [PDF]

, 2017
Liver fluke infections occur in people worldwide. In some low-income regions, a combination of ecological, agricultural, and culinary factors leads to a very high prevalence of infection but, in higher-income regions, infections are uncommon.
Harrington, David, Lamberton, Poppy H.L., McGregor, Alastair   +2 more
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Albendazole and praziquantel combination versus albendazole alone in children with multiple neurocysticercosis: An open labelled randomized controlled trial

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Context: The efficacy of the combination of albendazole and praziquantel has not been thoroughly studied in multiple neurocysticercosis in children.
Vijay Rani, Virender K. Gehlawat, Vandana Arya   +2 more
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An Atypical Presentation of Cystic Echinococcosis [PDF]

, 2020
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an infection caused by the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm. CE generally manifests in the liver, but it may present in any organ. These patients often first present to the emergency department.
Abou Asala, Elian D., Axelson, Daniel, Grahf, Daniel C., Tetali, Bhavana   +3 more
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Human ascariasis: diagnostics update [PDF]

, 2015
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infect over one billion people worldwide. Ascariasis may mimic a number of conditions, and individual clinical diagnosis often requires a thorough work-up.
Jourdan, Peter M., Lamberton, Poppy H.L.
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