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Spatial risk profiling of Schistosoma japonicum in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China

Geospatial Health, 2007
Bayesian spatial risk profiling holds promise to enhance our understanding of the epidemiology of parasitic diseases, and to target interventions in a cost-effective manner.
Peter Steinmann, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Barbara Matthys, Yuan-Lin Li, Hong-Jun Li, Shao-Rong Chen, Zhong Yang, Weng Fan, Tie-Wu Jia, Lan-Hua Li, Penelope Vounatsou, Jürg Utzinger   +11 more
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To live or to die: competitive exclusion of Schistosoma japonicum by Exorchis sp. in Oncomelania hupensis

Frontiers in Immunology
Schistosomiasis, caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, is a neglected tropical disease whose transmission depends on freshwater snails. Oncomelania hupensis is the obligate intermediate host for Schistosoma japonicum, disrupting this snail ...
Shukun Zhong, Shukun Zhong, Ziyi Dai, Ziyi Dai, Rundong Ji, Rundong Ji, Huilan Wang, Huilan Wang, Mao Zheng, Mao Zheng, Shuaiqin Huang, Shuaiqin Huang   +11 more
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Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Malaria Journal, 2017
Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin.
Frank O. Richards
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A New Method to Test Molluscicides against the Philippine Schistosomiasis Snail Vectors

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2020
To expedite the discovery of novel molluscicides in the laboratory, this study aimed to evaluate the performance of a new molluscicidal assay. This assay is based on Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi snails and is called miniaturized plate test or mpt.
Darwin C. Gomez, Neil Anacta
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Paperdemic and Its Preventive Measures: A Case Study of COVID-19

Yixue yu zhexue
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of research resources and focus had shifted to virus-related fields, resulting in a rapid surge in scientific outputs.
Yao DENG, Li PAN, Wei WANG
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Schistosoma japonicum Worms Alter the miRNA Expression Profile of Hepatic Stellate Cells with Potential Implications for Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Although schistosome eggs are widely recognized as the principal drivers of hepatic granulomatous inflammation and fibrosis, the independent effects of adult worms may be masked by strong egg antigen-mediated responses.
Haoran Zhong, Bowen Dong, Danlin Zhu, Ruiting Zhang, Yuanzhao Sun, Junhan Xiong, Liu Gao, Ke Lu, Hao Li, Zhiqiang Fu, Jinming Liu, Yamei Jin   +11 more
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Identification of optimum scopes of environmental factors for snails using spatial analysis techniques in Dongting Lake Region, China

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Owing to the harmfulness and seriousness of Schistosomiasis japonica in China, the control and prevention of S. japonica transmission are imperative. As the unique intermediate host of this disease, Oncomelania hupensis plays an important role
Jin-Yi Wu, Yi-Biao Zhou, Lin-Han Li, Sheng-Bang Zheng, Song Liang, Ashley Coatsworth, Guang-Hui Ren, Xiu-Xia Song, Zhong He, Bin Cai, Jia-Bian You, Qing-Wu Jiang   +11 more
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A new diagnostic technique for identifying Angiostrongylus spp. larvae in intermediate snail species by examining the buccal cavity

Parasites & Vectors
Background Angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The intermediate hosts of A.
Yong-bo Zhao, Ling Jiang, Wen Fang, Shao-rong Chen, Yu-hua Liu, Shen-hua Zhao, Peter S. Andrus, Tian-mei Li, Yun-hai Guo   +8 more
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Schistosome transmission surveillance in Pemba, United Republic of Tanzania: a molecular xenomonitoring approach for control and elimination programmes

Parasitology
The development and implementation of diagnostic tools for the detection of Schistosoma in freshwater snail vectors were added to the World Health Organization’s guidelines on the control and elimination of human schistosomiasis in 2022.
Tom Pennance, John Archer, Elena Birgitta Lugli, Penelope Rostron, Said Mohammed Ali, Amour Khamis Amour, Khamis Rashid Suleiman, David Rollinson, Stefanie Knopp, Shaali M. Ame, Joanne Cable, Bonnie Webster   +11 more
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Molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. from animal sources in China

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
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Jianhai Yin, Zhongying Yuan, Yujuan Shen, Jing Zhang, Yanyan Jiang, Jianping Cao   +5 more
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