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Chemosterilization of Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]

Nature, 1968
THE range of chemical agents which can produce sterility in experimental male rodents is gradually increasing. (For recent surveys, see Jackson1,2.) The list includes nitroaromatic compounds, for example, nitrofuranes, nitrothiazoles and nitropyrroles, besides a variety of compounds of the alkylating category.
H, Jackson, P, Davies, M, Bock
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Effects of Water Source, Sanitation and Hygiene on the Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni among School Age Children in Jawe District, Northwest Ethiopia

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2020
Background: Intestinal schistosomiasis is a disease caused by infection with one of the blood flukes called Schistosoma mansoni. The distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection is high in Sub-Saharan Africa due to water source, sanitation and hygiene ...
Tadesse HAILU, Wondemagegn MULU, Bayeh ABERA   +2 more
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Identification of Schistosoma mansoni microRNAs [PDF]

BMC Genomics, 2011
Abstract Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a class of single-stranded RNAs which play a crucial role in regulating development and controlling gene expression by targeting mRNAs and triggering either translation repression or messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation. miRNAs are widespread in eukaryotes and to date over
Simões, Mariana C, Lee, Jonathan, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Cerqueira, Gustavo C, Zerlotini, Adhemar, da Silva-Pereira, Rosiane A, Dalby, Andrew R, LoVerde, Philip, El-Sayed, Najib M, Oliveira, Guilherme   +9 more
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Development of a laboratorial platform for diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni by PCR-ELISA

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective We developed a laboratorial platform to release a commercial platform used in the PCR-ELISA for the molecular diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni.
Carolina Senra, Luciana Inácia Gomes, Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Ana Rabello, Edward Oliveira   +5 more
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella intestinal carriage in a Schistosoma mansoni endemic community in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
BACKGROUND:Clinical observations and animal studies have suggested that Salmonella intestinal carriage is promoted by concurrent Schistosoma infection.
Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji, Barbara Barbé, Gaëlle Nkoji, Joule Madinga, Clémentine Roucher, Sylvie Linsuke, Marie Hermy, Anne-Sophie Heroes, Wesley Mattheus, Katja Polman, Pascal Lutumba, Marie-France Phoba, Octavie Lunguya, Jan Jacobs   +13 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 association of Schistosoma mansoni infection with hepatocellular carcinoma

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1984
The association of Schistosoma mansoni infection with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was studied in Espirito Santo State, Brazil. Schistosoma infection was diagnosed by stool examinations or by histological finding at autopsy. HCC was diagnosed by biopsy,
Fausto Edmundo Lima Pereira, Carlos Sandoval Gonçalves   +1 more
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Determinants of Schistosoma mansoni in Sanja health center, north West Ethiopia

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background In developing countries, Schistosoma mansoni is one of the chronic but neglected tropical diseases. In sub-Saharan Africa, the disease affects over 250 million people with nearly 800 million are at risk. In Ethiopia, Schistosoma mansoni is one
Asrat Atsedeweyn Andargie, Agmas Sisay Abera   +1 more
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Synergetic Effects of Plasmodium, Hookworm, and Schistosoma mansoni Infections on Hemoglobin Level among Febrile School Age Children in Jawe Worda, Northwest Ethiopia

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2018
Plasmodium coinfection with hookworm and/or Schistosoma mansoni has detrimental effects on human’s hemoglobin level. This study aimed to determine the effects of plasmodium, hookworm, and S. mansoni infections on hemoglobin level among febrile school age
Tadesse Hailu, Mulat Yimer, Wondemagegn Mulu, Bayeh Abera   +3 more
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Bladder morbidity and hepatic fibrosis in mixed Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni Infections: a population-wide study in Northern Senegal. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
BACKGROUND: The global distribution map of schistosomiasis shows a large overlap of Schistosoma haematobium- and S. mansoni-endemic areas in Africa. Yet, little is known about the consequences of mixed Schistosoma infections for the human host.
Lynn Meurs, Moustapha Mbow, Kim Vereecken, Joris Menten, Souleymane Mboup, Katja Polman   +5 more
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