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One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the 21st century and the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) are perhaps the most ...
Adamo   +135 more
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Fine scale Spatial-temporal cluster analysis for the infection risk of Schistosomiasis japonica using space-time scan statistics

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Marching towards the elimination of schistosomiasis in China, both the incidence and prevalence have witnessed profound decline over the past decades, with the strategy shifting from morbidity control to transmission control.
Feng-hua Gao   +8 more
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Schistosomiasis among Travelers: New Aspects of an Old Disease

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Schistosomiasis is increasingly encountered among travelers returning from the tropics; signs and symptoms of travelers may differ from those of local populations.
Eli Schwartz   +5 more
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Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail

open access: yesNature Communications, 2017
Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. With the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global health problem by 2025, there is now renewed emphasis on snail control ...
C. Adema   +116 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Urinary schistosomiasis [PDF]

open access: yesPediatric Nephrology, 2014
Schistosomiasis is the second most common socio-economically devastating parasitic disease after malaria, affecting about 240 million residents of developing countries. In Africa, it predominantly manifests as urogenital disease, and the main infective agent is Schistosoma hematobium.
openaire   +3 more sources

Effect of Praziquantel on Preventing Delayed Infection of Schistosoma japonicum in Buffaloes and Goats

open access: yesMicroorganisms
Schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, continues to pose a major public health threat in East Asia, with an estimated 71 million people at risk of infection. Domestic animals, especially buffaloes and goats, serve as important reservoir hosts,
Xiang Gui   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heavy Schistosomiasis Associated With Poor Short-Term Memory and Slower Reaction Times in Tanzania Schoolchildren [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Cross-sectional studies of the relationship between helminth infection and cognitive function can be informative in ways that treatment studies cannot.
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology,Imperial College Shool of Medicine,London, Department for Infectious Disease
core  

Precision mapping of snail habitat provides a powerful indicator of human schistosomiasis transmission

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Significance Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that affects ∼206 million people globally. The World Health Organization recently endorsed control of the freshwater snails that host schistosome infectious stages, and here, we show how to better ...
C. Wood   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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