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Urogenital Schistosomiasis—History, Pathogenesis, and Bladder Cancer
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 Schistosomiasis is the most important helminthiasis worldwide in terms of morbidity and mortality. Most of the infections occurs in Africa, which about two thirds are caused by Schistosoma haematobium. The infection with S.
L. Santos +7 more
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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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The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2022 Summary: Background: Social and environmental vulnerabilities contribute to the persistence and increase of Schistosomiasis, which has been a public health problem in Brazil and worldwide.
Elainne Christine de Souza Gomes +5 more
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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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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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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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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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New England Journal of Medicine, 2002 In 1851, Theodor Bilharz described a parasitic infection (bilharzia) that would later be termed schistosomiasis. Currently, 200 million people in 74 countries have this disease; 120 million of them have symptoms, and 20 million have severe illness.1 Schistosomiasis is caused by parasitic trematode worms (schistosomes) that reside in the abdominal veins
Eli, Schwartz, Judith, Rozenman
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The economic impact of schistosomiasis
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021 Background The economic impact of schistosomiasis and the underlying tradeoffs between water resources development and public health concerns have yet to be quantified.
D. Rinaldo +4 more
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