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Resistance evaluation and surveillance initiative for schistosomiasis treatment: study protocol for the RESIST project

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The Zanzibar islands have implemented mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium infections since the 2000s, achieving elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem in most areas.
Stefanie Knopp, Said M. Ali, Norbert van Dijk, Aidan M. Emery, Tom Pennance, Bonnie L. Webster, Luc E. Coffeng   +6 more
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Prevalence of Schistosoma Haematobium Amongst Secondary School Children in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State.

Sokoto Journal of Medical Laboratory Science, 2018
Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by infection with parasitic blood flukes. It is also known as bilhaarziasis. Schistosomiasis has been a menace or scourge of ages causing global health challenges in the practice of medicine. Schistosoma haematobium is
Okungbowa, M.A.O.* and Adeyemi, E.
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Comparative evaluation of Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma intercalatum, and Schistosoma haematobium alkaline phosphatase antigenicity by the alkaline phosphatase immunoassay (APIA).

, 2014
International audience: To know if alkaline phosphatase (AP) from schistosomes other than Schistosoma mansoni can be used as diagnostic marker for schistosomiasis in alkaline phosphatase immunocapture assay (APIA), we comparatively tested n-butanol ...
Mendoza, Luis, Pointier, J.-P., Théron, A., Ferrer, A., Kombila, M., Cesari, I. M., Ballén, D. E., Richard-Lenoble, D.   +7 more
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A longitudinal study of men with male genital schistosomiasis in southern Malawi associated with human, zoonotic and hybrid schistosomes

Parasitology
In sub-Saharan Africa’s endemic areas for urogenital schistosomiasis, male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) can cause significant morbidity. As part of the Hybridization in UroGenital Schistosomiasis investigation, an MGS sub-study examined a cohort of ...
Bright Mainga, Sekeleghe Kayuni, Fatima Ahmed, Guilleary Deles, Lucas Joseph Cunningham, Dingase Kumwenda, David Lally Jnr, Priscilla Chammudzi, Donales Kapira, Gladys Namacha, Alice Chisale, Tereza Nchembe, Louis Kinley, Ephraim Chibwana, Bazwell Nkhalema, Gilbert Chapweteka, Henry Chibowa, Victor Kumfunda, Alexandra Juhasz, Sam Jones, John Archer, Angus M O'Ferrall, Sarah Rollason, Abigail Cawley, Ruth Cowlishaw, Andrew Nguluwe, John Chiphwanya, Michael Luhanga, Holystone Kafanikhale, Peter Makaula, E. James La Course, Janelisa Musaya, J. Russell Stothard   +32 more
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Demographic patient data and clinical presentation of patients with Schistosoma haematobium infection.

, 2017
Demographic patient data and clinical presentation of patients with Schistosoma haematobium infection.
Lucia Taramasso (344095), Francesca Peraldo (3841414), Antonio Di Biagio (316138), Francesca Sarocchi (3841408), Andrea De Maria (3841402), Francesca Nosenzo (3841411), Lorenzo E. Derchi (3841405), Paolo Traverso (3841417), Claudio Viscoli (344099), Niccolò Riccardi (3841420)   +9 more
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Epidemiology of mixed Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium infections in northern Senegal.

, 2012
Due to the large overlap of Schistosoma mansoni- and Schistosoma haematobium-endemic regions in Africa, many people are at risk of co-infection, with potential adverse effects on schistosomiasis morbidity and control.
Meurs, L., Polman, K.; id_orcid, Mboup, S., Menten, J., Mbow, M., Vereecken, K.   +5 more
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Evidence of hybridization between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis in Côte d’Ivoire

, 2019
International audienceEvidence of hybridization between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis in Côte d ...
REY, Olivier, Allienne, Jean-François, Raso, G, Balmer, O, Angora, E.K., Coulibaly, Jonas, Utzinger, J., Offianan, André Toure, Boissier, Jérôme, Ménans, H, Yavo, W.   +10 more
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Schistosoma haematobium–Schistosoma mansoni Hybrid Parasite in Migrant Boy, France, 2017

, 2019
Schistosomiasis is frequently detected in persons entering Europe. In 2017, we detected a Schistosoma mansoni–Schistosoma haematobium hybrid parasite infection in a migrant boy from Côte d’Ivoire entering France.
De Gentile, Ludovic, Rey, Olivier, Julien Kincaid-Smith, Jérôme Boissier, Yohann Le Govic, Jean-François Allienne, Boissier, Jerome, Allienne, Jean-François,, Le Govic, Yohann, Allienne, Jean-francois, Olivier Rey, Ludovic de Gentile, Kincaid-smith, Julien   +12 more
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Schistosoma mansoni x S. haematobium hybrids frequently infecting sub-Saharan migrants in southeastern Europe: Egg DNA genotyping assessed by RD-PCR, sequencing and cloning.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundGlobalization and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are increasingly closely linked. In recent years, Spain and Southern Europe are experiencing a considerable increase in the influx of migrants infected by NTDs, mainly from West African ...
Alejandra De Elías-Escribano, Patricio Artigas, Joaquín Salas-Coronas, María Pilar Luzon-Garcia, Marta Reguera-Gomez, María Isabel Cabeza-Barrera, José Vázquez-Villegas, Jerôme Boissier, Santiago Mas-Coma, María Dolores Bargues   +9 more
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Schistosoma haematobium prevalence and intensity of infection in schoolchildren by district in Sierra Leone.

, 2012
Schistosoma haematobium prevalence and intensity of infection in schoolchildren by district in Sierra Leone.
Joseph B. Koroma (157579), Archie Clements (157583), Jusufu Paye (157575), Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães (157571), Mary H. Hodges (157566), Mustapha Sonnie (157581), Yaobi Zhang (35315)   +6 more
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