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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Al Managil City, Gezira State, Sudan: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Urinary schistosomiasis has remained one of the most important public health issues in Sudan, especially in regions like Gezira State, which relies on irrigation schemes. Despite control activities, morbidity from schistosomiasis in these regions remains a challenge, therefore updated prevalence data are important for ...
Mohamed Ahmed Salah Mohamed Ahmed +7 more
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Nonlinear Imaging Allows to Characterize Granulomas and Fibrosis in Mice Tissue From Experimental Schistosomiasis [PDF]
Second Harmonic Generation and Two‐Photon Excitation Fluorescence microscopy allows to characterize mice tissues infected with Schistosoma mansoni in an experimental model. ABSTRACT Schistosomiasis is a neglected disease caused by parasites of the genus Schistosoma that poses serious public health problems.
Gladystone Rocha da Fonseca +6 more
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Sja-Let-7 Attenuates Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Fibrosis in a Mouse Model via Col1α2
Liver fibrosis (LF) is a chronic progressive disease with no definitive treatment. The aim of this study was to assess helminth-derived molecules as potential therapeutic targets to prevent or reverse LF.
Haoran Zhong +7 more
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Background Schistosomiasis japonica is a serious zoonotic parasitic disease. Preliminary studies have shown that the expression of microRNA-181a (miR-181a) in the liver, lung and spleen tissues of susceptible host BALB/c mice and resistant host reed vole
Yixiao Tang +8 more
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Background N-acetyltransferase 13 (NAT13) is a probable catalytic component of the ARD1A-NARG1 complex possessing alpha (N-terminal) acetyltransferase activity.
Yalan Tang +12 more
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Schistosomiasis is a chronic helminthic disease of both humans and animals and the second most prevalent parasitic disease after malaria. Through a complex migration process, schistosome eggs trapped in the liver can lead to the formation of granulomas ...
Haoran Zhong +4 more
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Molecular and functional characterization of Schistosoma japonicum annexin A13
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects humans and animals in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Schistosome eggs are responsible for the pathogenesis and transmission of schistosomiasis, thus reducing egg production is ...
Haoran Zhong +11 more
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China has had a long history against schistosomiasis japonica. The most serious prognosis of chronic schistosome infection is hepatic fibrosis, which develops into advanced schistosomiasis if the process is not effectively controlled.
Fei Hu +9 more
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Background Constant emerging sites infested with Oncomelania hupensis (O. hupensis) impede the goal realization of eliminating schistosomiasis. The study assessed the spatial and temporal distributions of new Oncomelania snail habitats in Hunan Province ...
Shengming Li +13 more
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Background The results presented here are part of a five-year cluster-randomised intervention trial that was implemented to understand how best to gain and sustain control of schistosomiasis through different preventive chemotherapy strategies.
Anna E. Phillips +7 more
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