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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 BACKGROUND:Clinical observations and animal studies have suggested that Salmonella intestinal carriage is promoted by concurrent Schistosoma infection.
Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji +2 more
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Schistosoma Mansoni Proctocolitis with Polyposis
The Annals of African Surgery, 2018 Schistosoma proctocolitis is a rare disease entity, with limited literature on its occurrence. We report the case of a 17 year old male from an endemic area around Lake Victoria, Western Kenya, where detailed disease mapping of Schistosomiasis has been ...
Fridah Bosire, +3 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 Schistosomes can survive in mammalian hosts for many years, and this is facilitated by released parasite products that modulate the host’s immune system.
Marije E. Kuipers +9 more
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Focal eosinophilic infiltration of the liver, benign or malignant?
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Focal eosinophilic infiltration (FEI) of the liver shares imaging characteristics with malignant hepatic lesions but should be suspected when concomitantly observing eosinophilia. While in itself benign, the cause of FEI should be sought and treated.
Wouter Claeys +7 more
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Functional Annotation of Some Hypothetical Genes in the Schistosoma Parasite Based on Reciprocal Best Structural-hit Relationship [PDF]
Research in Molecular Medicine, 2022 Background: The Schistosoma parasite is responsible for several overlooked tropical diseases, which cause significant economic losses in livestock. This parasite is increasingly found in the central areas of the northern provinces of Iran. To generate an
Arezou Askari Rad +3 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Schistosomes are long-lived parasitic worms that infect >200 million people globally. The intravascular life stages are known to display acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity internally as well as, somewhat surprisingly, on external tegumental ...
Patrick J. Skelly, Akram A. Da’dara
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Schistosome Vaccine Adjuvants in Preclinical and Clinical Research
Vaccines, 2014 There is currently no vaccine available for human use for any parasitic infections, including the helminth disease, schistosomiasis. Despite many researchers working towards this goal, one of the focuses has been on identifying new antigenic targets. The
Rachel Stephenson +3 more
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Schistosoma mansoni tetraspanning orphan receptor - SmTOR [PDF]
, 2012 Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease affecting more than 207 million people worldwide with an estimated number of 700 million people at risk in 74 endemic countries.
Lochmatter, Corinne
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Schistosomiasis and liver disease: Learning from the past to understand the present
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 To diagnose schistosomiasis, past medical history review should include recent travel to or from an endemic area, a history of elevated liver enzymes as well as contact with contaminated sources of water or farm animals.
Eman Abdelghani +3 more
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Study on Prevalence of Parasitic Infections Among Hepatitis C Virus Patients in Egypt [PDF]
Archives of Razi InstituteIntroduction: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a viral infection affecting 71 million people worldwide. A high prevalence of co-infection has been observed with parasitic infections, such as Schistosoma mansoni, Fasciola sp., and Toxoplasma gondii, all of ...
Maryam Garas +4 more
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