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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Exploring the dermal immune and angiogenic responses to Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]
, 2011 Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic helminth which gains access to the host’s vascular system by penetrating and migrating through the skin in search of a blood vessel.
Aynsley, Sarah Amelia
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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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In vitro screening of selected medicinal plants against Schistosoma mansoni larvae [PDF]
, 2011 Schistosomiasis, caused by various members of the trematode flatworms (Schistosoma species) is the second most important parasitic disease next to malaria.
Tasdemir, Deniz +11 more
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Epidemiology and interactions of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - 1 and Schistosoma mansoni in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
, 2013 Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1/AIDS and Schistosoma mansoni are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and co-infection occurs commonly. Since the early 1990s, it has been suggested that the two infections may interact and potentiate the effects of each other ...
Nuwaha, Fred +18 more
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Comparison of schistosoma mansoni soluble cercarial antigens and soluble egg antigens for serodiagnosing schistosome infections [PDF]
, 2011 A Schistosoma mansoni cercarial antigen preparation (cercarial transformation fluid – SmCTF) was evaluated for detection of anti-schistosome antibodies in human sera in 4 collaborating laboratories.
Dawson, E. +40 more
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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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Toward measuring Schistosoma response to praziquantel treatment with appropriate descriptors of egg excretion [PDF]
, 2015 The control of schistosomiasis emphasizes preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel, which aims at decreasing infection intensity and thus morbidity in individuals, as well as transmission in communities.
Xiao-Nong Zhou (92570) +54 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 In areas where human schistosomiasis is endemic, infection prevalence and egg output are known to rise rapidly through childhood, reach a peak at 8–15 years of age, and decline thereafter.
Julia C. Buck +4 more
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The evaluation of control measures against Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia by a mathematical model [PDF]
, 2008 We constructed a mathematical model for the transmission of Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia. The simulation of the model will be instrumental in planning schistosomiasis control measures.
Chigusa, Yuichi +6 more
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