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Schistosomiasis and Urinary Bladder Cancer in North Western Tanzania: A Retrospective Review of 185 Patients. [PDF]

, 2013
Worldwide, cancers of the urinary bladder are well known to be associated with environmental chemical carcinogens such as smoking and occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
A Yosry, AH Zarzour, AJ Fulford, AS Felix, B Diao, CC Guo, CF Heyns, DMPP Parkin, DMWS Parkin, E Jacobo, H Abol-Enein, H Dietrich, HK Salem, I Gouda, IA Mungadi, JNLP Kitinya, JO Thomas, Kahima Jackson, KM Badr, M El-Sebaie, MJ Hess, MM Koraitim, MN El-Bolkainy, MS Zaghloul, NG El-Mawla, Peter Fabian Rambau, Philipo L Chalya, R Gonzalez Resina, RM Cooppan, RS Barsoum, SA Fedewa, SA Sheweita   +31 more
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Schistosoma haematobium effects on Plasmodium falciparum infection modified by soil-transmitted helminths in school-age children living in rural areas of Gabon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background Malaria burden remains high in the sub-Saharan region where helminths are prevalent and where children are often infected with both types of parasites.
J. Dejon-Agobé, Jeannot F. Zinsou, Y. Honkpéhédji, Ulysse Ateba-Ngoa, J. Edoa, B. Adégbitè, G. Mombo-Ngoma, S. Agnandji, M. Ramharter, P. Kremsner, B. Lell, M. Grobusch, A. Adegnika   +12 more
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Defining the Schistosoma haematobium kinome enables the prediction of essential kinases as anti-schistosome drug targets [PDF]

, 2015
The blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium causes urogenital schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that affects more than 110 million people.
Boag, Peter R., Gasser, Robin B., Hofmann, Andreas, Jex, Aaron R., Sternberg, Paul W., Stroehlein, Andreas J., Tan, Patrick, Young, Neil D.   +7 more
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The small RNA complement of adult Schistosoma haematobium

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background Blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma cause schistosomiasis—a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that affects more than 200 million people worldwide.
Andreas J. Stroehlein, N. Young, Pasi K. Korhonen, Ross S. Hall, A. Jex, B. Webster, D. Rollinson, P. Brindley, R. Gasser   +8 more
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Should we be treating animal schistosomiasis in Africa? The need for a One Health economic evaluation of schistosomiasis control in people and their livestock [PDF]

, 2017
A One Health economic perspective allows informed decisions to be made regarding control priorities and/or implementation strategies for infectious diseases. Schistosomiasis is a major and highly resilient disease of both humans and livestock.
Gower, C M, Vince, L, Webster, J P
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Detection of four patients who were infected by Schistosoma haematobium in Vietnam

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2019
Nguyen Van De,1 Truong La,2 Pham Ngoc Minh,1 Pham Thi Bich Dao,1 Le Van Duyet3 1Department of Parasitology, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam; 2Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The Western Highlands Agriculture and Forestry Science ...
De NV, La T, Minh PN, Dao PTB, Duyet LV
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Cytological and Wet Mount Microscopic Observations Made in Urine of Schistosoma haematobium-Infected Children: Hint of the Implication in Bladder Cancer

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019
Background. Schistosomiasis is the second major human parasitic disease next to malaria, in terms of socioeconomic and public health consequences, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Schistosoma haematobium (S.
Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo, Benjamin K. Akuetteh, Irene A. Owusu, Solomon E. Quayson, Simon K. Attah, Robert Armah, Emmanuel Afutu, Ama Afrah, Kantanka Addo-Osafo, Cecilia Smith, Richard K. Gyasi, Patrick F. Ayeh-Kumi   +11 more
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Evaluation of a Mobile Phone-Based Microscope for Screening of Schistosoma haematobium Infection in Rural Ghana.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017
Schistosomiasis affects over 170 million people in Africa. Here we compare a novel, low-cost mobile phone microscope to a conventional light microscope for the label-free diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium infections in a rural Ghanaian school setting.
I. Bogoch, H. Koydemir, Derek K. Tseng, R. D. Ephraim, Evans Duah, Joseph Tee, J. Andrews, A. Ozcan   +7 more
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Diagnosis of \u3cem\u3eSchistosoma mansoni\u3c/em\u3e without the Stool: Comparison of Three Diagnostic Tests to Detect \u3cem\u3eSchiostosoma mansoni\u3c/em\u3e Infection from Filtered Urine in Zambia [PDF]

, 2013
Diagnosis for intestinal Schistosoma mansoni lacks sensitivity and is arduous to conduct. The standard diagnostic tests, Kato-Katz (KK) and circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) both lack sensitivity and with KK, require obtaining, transporting, and ...
Lodh, Nilanjan, Mutengo, Mabel M., Mwansa, James C. L., Shiff, Clive J.   +3 more
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Comparison of ELISA and Urine Microscopy for Diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium Infection

Journal of Korean medical science, 2018
Background Schistosoma haematobium which causes urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS) is highly prevalent in African countries. Urine microscopy (UM) is the first-line diagnostic method of UGS.
Hyun Beom Song, Jiyoung Kim, Yan Jin, Jin Soo Lee, Hoo-Gn Jeoung, Young Ha Lee, A. Saeed, Sung-Tae Hong   +7 more
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