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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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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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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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Preliminary screening of urinary host protein biomarkers for Schistosomiasis haematobium: A proteome profiling study identifying candidate diagnostic targets in school-aged children.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Schistosomiasis is a major public health challenge and a globally neglected tropical disease. Schistosoma haematobium, the causative agent of urogenital schistosomiasis, is endemic in African countries; with school-aged children ages 7-15 years being the
Yiyun Liu, Saleh Juma, Qingkai Xue, Mingzhen He, Said Mohammed Ali, Khamis Seif Khamis, Mchanga Mohd Suleiman, Mayda Salim Hamad, Mgeni Abdalla Khamis, Hongxia Zhao, Xin Dong, Kun Yang, Yuzheng Huang   +12 more
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Schistosoma haematobium [PDF]

, 2020
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Association of Schistosoma haematobium Infection With Decreased Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

Clin Infect Dis
Bowers SF, Maganga JK, Mhango L, Shigella P, Mukerebe C, Mazigo HD, van Dam GJ, de Jong D, Hoekstra PT, Corstjens PL, Kapiga SH, Secor WE, Lee MH, Downs JA, Changalucha JM.   +14 more
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Evaluation of six different tests for Schistosoma haematobium diagnosis in a near-elimination setting: A prospective observational diagnostic accuracy study. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Ndum NC, Ali SM, Ali MN, Bergelin J, Hattendorf J, Hoekstra PT, van Lieshout L, Pennance T, Suleiman KR, Utzinger J, Ward P, Webster BL, Knopp S.   +12 more
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Factors affecting detection and quantification of Schistosoma haematobium eggs in pooled urine samples. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Degarege A, Levecke B, Bilder CR, Brett-Major DM, Animut A, Negash Y, Broadhurst MJ, Michaud TL, Erko B.   +8 more
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Development of a multiplex quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assay for simultaneous detection of Schistosoma haematobium and high-risk human papillomaviruses. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Donkoh ET, Williams I, Akologo RN, Asiedu AA, Ofori-Atta RJ, Boadu IW, Ryabinina O, Forson AO, Boampong K, Jain N, Dassah ET, Gyasi SF, Arroyo Mühr LS, Akanwariwaik WG.   +13 more
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