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Fecal occult blood and fecal calprotectin as point-of-care markers of intestinal morbidity in Ugandan children with Schistosoma mansoni infection. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Calprotectin is a calcium-binding cytoplasmic protein found in neutrophils and increasingly used as a marker of bowel inflammation. Fecal occult blood (FOB) is also a dependable indicator of bowel morbidity.
Stothard J. Russell +38 more
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Metabolic profiling of praziquantel enantiomers
Praziquantel (PZQ), prescribed as a racemic mixture, is the most readily available drug to treat schistosomiasis. In the present study, ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass ...
Idle, Jeffrey +9 more
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Efficacy and side effects of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni in a community of western Cote d'Ivoire [PDF]
Praziquantel. is efficacious against the adult stages of all human schistosome parasites, and has become the drug of choice for morbidity control of schistosomiasis. There is concern that resistance to praziquantel.
Tian-Bi, NT +19 more
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Baiting not-owned dogs against Echinococcus granulosus: innovative tools for integrated control
Cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by the larval stage of the cestode Echinococcus granulosus, is one of the most widespread zoonoses in Mediterranean countries. Baiting not-owned dogs with praziquantel (PZQ), due to their key role in the maintaining the
Elena Ciccone +15 more
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Schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, continues to pose a major public health threat in East Asia, with an estimated 71 million people at risk of infection. Domestic animals, especially buffaloes and goats, serve as important reservoir hosts,
Xiang Gui +11 more
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Effect of artesunate-mefloquine plus praziquantel, mefloquine plus praziquantel, and praziquantel on S. haematobium and concomitant co-infections at the second treatment follow-up.
Kigbafori D. Silué (128980) +6 more
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A new approach to assessing the efficacy of anthelmintic agents in vitro
Aim. To develop a new method to determine the viability of Opisthorchis felineus in vitro using the MTS reagent and to evaluate its applicability for analyzing the efficacy of anthelmintic agents in the treatment of opisthorchiasis.Materials and methods.
E. A. Perina +7 more
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Bioencapsulation of Praziquantel in Adult Artemia
International audienceA description of bioencapsulation of praziquantel in adult Artemia for 2.5 g/L, 5 g/L, and 10 g/L treatment baths is presented. Praziquantel was detected in adult brine shrimp tissue after enrichment periods of 15 min, 30 min, 1 hr,
Yarborough, Jason +5 more
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Novel Approaches in the Control of Schistosomiasis: from Rapid Identification to Chemoprophylaxis [PDF]
Human schistosomiasis is the second most prevalent parasitic disease in the tropics, and has a huge impact on public health and socio-economic development.
Utzinger, Jürg
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