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From Incidentaloma to Suspicion of Malignancy: The Diverse Clinical Presentation of Gonadal Schistosomiasis mansoni

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Schistosomiasis is the second most widespread parasitic disease in the world, second only to malaria. The usual places the Schistosoma mansoni can be found in are the rectal and sigmoidal venules, as well as other segments of the large intestine of men. It may also be present in other ectopic topographies.
Laiana do Carmo Almeida, Marbele Guimarães de Oliveira, Fábio Meira Castro Pereira, José de Bessa Júnior, J.-F. Faucher, M. Ghate, C. L. Gibert, P. Horrocks, A. C. Sena   +8 more
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Treatment of patients with Schistosomiasis mansoni: a double blind clinical trial comparing praziquantel with oxamniquine

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1986
A double-blind clinical trial involving 120 patients with chronic schistosomiasis was carried out to compare the tolerability and efficacy of praziquantel and oxamniquine. The patients were randomly allocated into two groups.
Luiz Caetano da Silva, José Murilo R. Zeitune, Lucia Maria F. Rosa-Eid, Dirce Mary C. Lima, Rita H. Antonelli, Carlos H. Christo, Amadeo Saez-Alquezar, Adriany de Castro Carboni   +7 more
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The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Tropical Disease Research Program: A 25-Year Retrospective Review 1976-1999 [PDF]

, 2000
Documents and details the foundation's commitment to the program from its inception, and provides an analysis of its successes until the completion of the program in ...
Barnett L. Cline, Carolyn Asbury, Victoria M. Gammino   +2 more
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In vitro and in vivo activity of R- and S- praziquantel enantiomers and the main human metabolite trans-4-hydroxy-praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium [PDF]

, 2017
Praziquantel (PZQ) is the mainstay of schistosomiasis control and has been successfully used for decades. However, its mechanism of action is not fully understood.
Keiser, Jennifer, Kovač, Jana, Vargas, Mireille   +2 more
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PROTOCOL: Mass deworming for improving health and cognition of children in endemic helminth areas: a systematic review and individual participant data network meta‐analysis

, 2018
Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 1-46, 2018.
Vivian Welch, Elizabeth Ghogomu, Alomgir Hossain, Paul Arora, Simon Cousens, Michelle Gaffey, Alison Riddle, Rehana Salam, Peter Tugwell, Zulfiqar Bhutta, George A Wells, Advisory Group: Robert Black, Celia Holland, Deirdre Hollingsworth, Sue Horton, Sanjay Wijeseker   +15 more
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Drug resistance in Schistosomiasis: a review

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987
Drug resistance associated with the treatment of human schistosomiasis appears to be an emerging problem requiring more attention from the scientific community than the subject currently receives.
John I. Bruce, Luiz Candido de Souza Dias, Liang Yung-San, Gerald C. Coles   +3 more
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PROTOCOL: Interventions for improving learning outcomes and access to education in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review

, 2017
Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 1-82, 2017.
Birte Snilstveit, Emma Gallagher, Daniel Phillips, Martina Vojtkova, John Eyers, Dafni Skaldiou, Jennifer Stevenson, Ami Bhavsar, Philip Davies   +8 more
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Praziquantel: its use in control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa and current research needs [PDF]

, 2017
Treatment with praziquantel (PZQ) has become virtually the sole basis of schistosomiasis control in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere, and the drug is reviewed here in the context of the increasing rate that it is being used for this purpose. Attention is
BOTROS, S., CIOLI, D., COLES, G., DOENHOFF, M. J., ENGELS, D., HAGAN, P., MBAYE, A., PICA-MATTOCCIA, L., SOUTHGATE, V., TCHUEM TCHUENTÉ, L. A.   +9 more
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Fourteenth(14th) seminar on tropical medicine [PDF]

, 1983
노트 : Seminar on Tropical Medicine, 14th (9-11 Jun 1983 : Seoul ...
American Public Health Association(International Health Programs), Bruce, John I.   +1 more
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New approaches to measuring anthelminthic drug efficacy: parasitological responses of childhood schistosome infections to treatment with praziquantel [PDF]

, 2015
By 2020, the global health community aims to control and eliminate human helminthiases, including schistosomiasis in selected African countries, principally by preventive chemotherapy (PCT) through mass drug administration (MDA) of anthelminthics ...
A Danso-Appiah, A Fenwick, A Montresor, A Vidyashankar, AC Gelman, AE Butterworth, AL Bustinduy, Alexandra U. Scherrer, AU Scherrer, B Levecke, BM Bolker, CH King, Charles H. King, CJL Murray, CL Black, D Alonso, D Bates, F Thiongo, G Raso, Giovanna Raso, GR Olds, IM Silva, J Cabaret, J Modha, J Smith, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J. Russell Stothard, JA Hanley, JC Sousa-Figueiredo, JD Hadfield, Jean T. Coulibaly, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, JP Webster, JT Coulibaly, Jürg Utzinger, K Stete, Katarina Stete, M Albonico, M Booth, M Ismail, M Nielsen, M Reddy, M Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Martin Walker, ME Mejía, MEJ Woolhouse, MG Basáñez, MJ Bockarie, MJ Doenhoff, MJ Doenhoff, P Andrews, P Fallon, PH Lamberton, Piero L. Olliaro, PJ Brindley, PJ Diggle, PJ Hotez, PL Olliaro, PNM Mwinzi, R Core Team, S Anayi, SD Melman, SJ Vlas de, SN Lahiri, SV Subramanian, Tarub S. Mabud, TW Jia, U Halekoh, W Harnett, W Wang, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +75 more
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