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Schistosomes and snails: A molecular encounter [PDF]

, 2014
Copyright © 2014 Knight, Arican-Goktas, Ittiprasert, Odoemelam, Miller and Bridger. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Arican-Goktas, HD, Bridger, JM, Ittiprasert, W, Knight, M, Miller, AN, Odoemelam, EC   +5 more
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Schistosomiasis Interventions in Africa: Assessment and Systematic Review

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease with high endemicity across Africa. As a waterborne parasitic disease, the population at highest risk includes school‐age children, although adults are also affected. The rationale for this review is to assess the effectiveness of the various schistosomiasis control interventions implemented ...
Christopher Yaw Dumevi, George Boateng Kyei, Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo, James-Paul Kretchy, Irene Ayi, Patrick F. Ayeh-Kumi, Satabdi Datta Choudhury   +6 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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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Female Infertility: Possible Pathophysiological Mechanisms

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Battling female infertility has posed a global challenge, where neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are nonetheless a notable contributing factor. NTDs affect a variety of diseases, often of a chronic nature, which are often cited as some of the most lethal diseases operating against the most economically disadvantaged populations across the globe.
Moses Agbomhere Hamed, Olabanji Ahmed Surakat, Victor Olukayode Ekundina, Kabirat Bolajoko Jimoh, Adetomiwa Ezekiel Adeogun, Nafisat Omolola Akanji, Oluwafemi Joshua Babalola, Patrick Chukwunonso Eya, Rajib Chowdhury   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human schistosomiasis [PDF]

, 2014
Human schistosomiasis-or bilharzia-is a parasitic disease caused by trematode fl ukes of the genus Schistosoma. By conservative estimates, at least 230 million people worldwide are infected with Schistosoma spp.
Bustinduy, Amaya L, Colley, Daniel G, King, Charles H, Secor, Evan   +3 more
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Uncovering Resilience: Dry Season Snail Survival in Tanzania With Implications for a Neglected Tropical Disease

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Volume 106, Issue 2, April 2025.
Moses P. Mahalila, Safari Kinung'hi, David J. Civitello, Naima C. Starkloff   +3 more
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Imported Schistosomiasis in Southwestern Europe: Wide Variation of Pure and Hybrid Genotypes Infecting Sub‐Saharan Migrants

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Mitochondrial cox1 and nuclear ribosomal ITSs are commonly combined to distinguish Schistosoma species and identify hybrids in endemic countries but very rarely applied to patients diagnosed in Europe despite the increasing arrival of migrants in southwestern Europe.
Alejandra De Elias-Escribano, Patricio Artigas, Joaquin Salas-Coronas, María Pilar Luzon-Garcia, Marta Reguera-Gomez, Raquel Sanchez-Marques, Fernando Salvador, Jerôme Boissier, Santiago Mas-Coma, Maria Dolores Bargues, Horacio Bach   +10 more
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Urinary Estrogen Metabolites and Self-Reported Infertility in Women Infected with Schistosoma haematobium [PDF]

, 2014
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease, endemic in 76 countries, that afflicts more than 240 million people. The impact of schistosomiasis on infertility may be underestimated according to recent literature.
Barros, A., Botelho, M.C., Brindley, P.J., da Costa, J.M., da Silva, J.M., Delgado, M. de L., Gomes, P., Gonçalves, A., Gouveia, M.J., Lopes, C., Oliveira, C., Rinaldi, G., Santos, J., Santos, L.L., Sousa, M., Vale, N., Xavier, P.   +16 more
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Age-Stratified Profiles of Serum IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α Cytokines Among Kenyan Children with Schistosoma haematobium, Plasmodium falciparum, and Other Chronic Parasitic Co-Infections. [PDF]

, 2015
In a study of children having polyparasitic infections in a Schistosoma haematobium-endemic area, we examined the hypothesis that S. haematobium-positive children, compared with S.
Bustinduy, Amaya L, Chang-Cojulun, Alicia, DuVall, Adam S, Fairley, Jessica K, King, Charles H, Kitron, Uriel, Malhotra, Indu, Muchiri, Eric M, Mungai, Peter L, Mutuku, Francis M, Sutherland, Laura J   +10 more
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The substructure of three repetitive DNA regions of Schistosoma haematobium group species as a potential marker for species recognition and interbreeding detection [PDF]

, 2017
The file attached is the Published/publisher’s pdf version of the article.© The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by ...
AM Emery, BL Webster, BL Webster, BL Webster, Bonnie L. Webster, Charles H. King, D Rollinson, D Rollinson, David Rollinson, E Dias Neto, ES Loker, H Mone, H Moné, I Abbasi, I Abbasi, Ibrahim Abbasi, J Hambourger, J Hamburger, Joseph Hamburger, JT Detwiler, KC King, KE Barber, N Lodh, NO Christensen, OP Akinwale, T Huyse, TK Walker, WHO, WHO, Y Zhang   +29 more
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