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Late cutaneous schistosomiasis representing an isolated skin manifestation of Schistosoma mansoni infection [PDF]
, 2000 Ectopic late cutaneous schistosomiasis is usually preceded or accompanied by visceral schistosomiasis infection. Our patient presented the very rare case of late cutaneous schistosomiasis as an isolated skin manifestation.
Kick, G. +2 more
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Seminars in Roentgenology, 1998 Schistosomiasis is a man-made disease related to water contact in the agricultural fields and affecting millions of people in developing countries in the tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, Asia and South America. It is a bisexual trematode living in the portal blood and perivesical venous plexus.
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A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Background Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma and belongs to the neglected tropical diseases. The disease has been reported in 78 countries, with around 290.8 million people in need of treatment in ...
Katharina Klohe +14 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2018 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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Genital manifestations of tropical diseases [PDF]
, 2004 Genital symptoms in tropical countries and among returned travellers can arise from a variety of bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic infections which are not usually sexually transmitted.
Richens, J
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Clinical Spectrum of Schistosomiasis: An Update
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 Schistosomiasis is a helminthic infection and one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). It is caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. It is an important public health problem, particularly in poverty-stricken areas, especially those within ...
C. Carbonell +8 more
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Gates Open Research, 2019 Schistosomiasis remains one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) impacting millions of people around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently proposed a goal of elimination as a public health problem (EPHP) for schistosomiasis to be ...
NTD Modelling Consortium Schistosomiasis Group
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Schistosomiasis—from immunopathology to vaccines
Seminars in Immunopathology, 2020 Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) is a neglected tropical disease caused by trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma . The transmission cycle involves human (or other mammalian) water contact with surface water contaminated by faeces or urine, as well as ...
D. McManus +5 more
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Elimination of schistosomiasis in China: Current status and future prospects
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem among all disease-endemic countries in 2030 is an ambitious goal. Recent achievements resulting from mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel is promising but may need to be complemented ...
Wei Wang +3 more
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Gates Open Research, 2019 Schistosomiasis remains one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) impacting millions of people around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently proposed a goal of elimination as a public health problem (EPHP) for schistosomiasis to be ...
NTD Modelling Consortium Schistosomiasis Group
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