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Study and implementation of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba islands) using an integrated multidisciplinary approach [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that continues to be a major public health problem in many developing countries being responsible for an estimated burden of at least 1.4 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Africa ...
Albonico, M., Ali, S. M., Ame, S. M., Colley, D. G., Fenwick, A., Gouvras, A., Khamis, I. S., Knopp, S., Mohammed, K. A., Person, B., Rollinson, D., Savioli, L., Utzinger, J.   +12 more
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Helminths as architects of trained tolerance: implications for human health

Clinical &Translational Immunology, Volume 15, Issue 3, 2026.
Abstract Helminths infect nearly 2 billion people worldwide and are a major cause of chronic morbidity in low‐resource regions. Unlike bacterial and viral pathogens that elicit protective memory, helminths actively remodel host immunity to enable their years‐long persistence and reinfection.
Quinn Moroz, Jorge Lucas Nascimento Souza, Neima Briggs   +2 more
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Cognitive deficits and educational loss in children with schistosome infection-A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundBy means of meta-analysis of information from all relevant epidemiologic studies, we examined the hypothesis that Schistosoma infection in school-aged children (SAC) is associated with educational loss and cognitive deficits.Methodology ...
Amara E Ezeamama, Amaya L Bustinduy, Allan K Nkwata, Leonardo Martinez, Noel Pabalan, Michael J Boivin, Charles H King   +6 more
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IL-10 production in macrophages is regulated by a TLR-driven CREB-mediated mechanism that is linked to genes involved in cell metabolism [PDF]

, 2015
IL-10 is produced by macrophages in diverse immune settings and is critical in limiting immune-mediated pathology. In helminth infections, macrophages are an important source of IL-10; however, the molecular mechanism underpinning production of IL-10 by ...
Mountford, Adrian P., Prendergast, Catriona T., Sanin, David E.   +2 more
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Schistosomiasis mansoni of the bladder simulating bladder cancer: a case report Esquistossomose mansônica simulando câncer de bexiga: relato de caso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
The relationship between bladder tumors and Schistosoma haematobium is well known, but only sporadic cases of bladder infection due to Schistosoma mansoni have been reported.
Mário Luis Casella, Victor Silvestre Soares Fanni, Douglas Otto Verndl, Monique Camila Basso, Luiz Figueiredo Mello, Sidney Glina   +5 more
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One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases [PDF]

, 2015
Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the 21st century and the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) are perhaps the most ...
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Development of novel multiplex microsatellite polymerase chain reactions to enable high-throughput population genetic studies of Schistosoma haematobium [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 Webster 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 ...
A. A. Hamidou, A. Garba, A. Gouvras, A. M. Emery, AM Emery, B. L. Webster, BL Webster, C Van Oosterhout, CM Gower, CM Gower, D. Rollinson, F. Allan, J. P. Webster, JP Webster, K. A. Mohammed, L Meurs, M Kearse, M. Rabone, R Peakall, S Knopp, S. Knopp, S. M. Ame, T. Pennance, TC Glenn   +23 more
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Caracterização de cepas de Schistosoma mansoni por morfometria de vermes adultos provenientes de infecção unissexual Characterization of Schistosoma mansoni strains by morphometry of adult worms derived from single-sex infection

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2003
Camundongos foram infectados com cercárias, de um único sexo, de cepas simpátricas do Schistosoma mansoni.
José Roberto Machado-Silva, Renata Heisler Neves, Luciana Ormond, Maarten Hulstijn, Delir Corrêa Gomes   +4 more
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The magnitude of Schistosoma mansoni and its associated risk factors among Sebatamit primary school children, rural Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the magnitude of Schistosoma mansoni and its associated risk factors in the study area. Results Of 422 school children, 223 (52.8%) and 199 (47.2%) were males and females, respectively.
Lemma Workineh, Mulat Yimer, Woyneshet Gelaye, Desalegn Muleta   +3 more
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The swine flu alert: keeping Asia safe [PDF]

, 2009
After years of concern about H5N1 bird flu, the new flu causing global alarm is a pig virus of the H1N1 family. As influenza reports erupt around the world, inevitable questions are arising. Is this the big one?
Balen, J, Caballerho-Anthony, M, Chng, B
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