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Evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica in the domestic goat

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Schistosomiasis japonica is an infectious disease caused by Schistosoma japonicum that seriously endangers human health. Domestic animals have important roles in disease transmission and goats are considered a primary reservoir host and source
Qinghong Guo, Cheng Chen, Keke Zhou, Yugang Li, Laibao Tong, Yongcheng Yue, Kerou Zhou, Jinming Liu, Zhiqiang Fu, Jiaojiao Lin, Jiaxi Zhao, Pengxiang Sun, Yang Hong   +12 more
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Impact of the National Wetland Park in the Poyang Lake Area on Oncomelania hupensis, the Intermediate Host of Schistoma japonicum

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
In this study, we aimed to understand the influence of ecotourism on the distribution of Oncomelania hupensis and to provide a scientific basis for formulating effective snail control methods in tourism development areas.
Zhaojun Li, Yusong Wen, Dandan Lin, Fei Hu, Qin Wang, Yinlong Li, Jing Zhang, Kexing Liu, Shizhu Li   +8 more
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Angiogenesis and schistosomiasis [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
Angiogenesis has been recognised as a precursor of fibrosis in several pathologic conditions. Its participation has been demonstrated in schistosomiasis, both during periovular granuloma formation and in the genesis of schistosomal periportal fibrosis. Paradoxically, proliferation of new blood vessels, accompanied by production of vascular-endothelial ...
Andrade, Zilton A., Santana, Thaynã Souto   +1 more
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Developing a comprehensive response for treatment of children under 6 years of age with schistosomiasis: research and development of a pediatric formulation of praziquantel

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes. The disease is caused by an inflammatory reaction to parasite eggs retained in the liver, bladder and reproductive organs.
Jutta Reinhard-Rupp, Katharina Klohe
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Survey and Diagnostic Challenges after Transmission-Stop: Confirming Elimination of Schistosomiasis haematobium in Morocco

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2020
Clinical cases of Moroccan residents have been recorded since 2004, indicating successful interruption of transmission of S. haematobium infection at national level.
Amarir Fatima, Balahbib Abdelaali, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Sadak Abderrahim, Adlaoui El Bachir, Rhajaoui Mohamed   +5 more
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Prevalensi Serkaria Schistosoma japonicum pada Keong Oncomelania hupensis lindoensis, Kepadatan Keong, dan Daerah Fokus, di Daerah Endemis, Indonesia

Jurnal Vektor Penyakit, 2022
Schistosomiasis in Indonesia is caused by the trematode worm S. japonicum, with the snail Oncomelania hupensis lindoensis as the intermediate host. To eliminate schistosomiasis by 2020, cross-sectoral schistosomiasis control is carried out, including ...
Hayani Anastasia, Junus Widjaja, Samarang Samarang, Yuyun Srikandi, Risti Risti, Ade Kurniawan   +5 more
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Penyusunan dan Penerapan Peraturan Desa tentang Pengendalian Schistosomiasis di Daerah Endemis

Jurnal Vektor Penyakit, 2022
In Indonesia, schistosomiasis is caused by the blood worm Schistosoma japonicum, resulting  harmful impact on the economy and public health.
Junus Widjaja, Ahmad Erlan, Intan Tolistiawaty, Yuyun Srikandi, Hasrida Mustafa   +4 more
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A cost-effective strategy for identifying Angiostrongylus spp. larvae in Achatina fulica: combined morphological and molecular biology

Parasites & Vectors
Background The detection of Angiostrongylus spp. larvae in intermediate host snails is a critical epidemiological investigation, essential for the effective control of disease outbreaks. Compared to molecular biological detection methods, lung microscopy,
Ling Jiang, Tianmei Li, Yingrui Jiang, Yuhua Liu, Shaorong Chen, Hongkun Liu, Wen Fang, Shenhua Zhao, Rong Li, Yunhai Guo   +9 more
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Immunodiagnostic Methods: What Is Their Role in Areas of Low Endemicity?

The Scientific World Journal, 2012
Worldwide Schistosomiasis mansoni continues to be a serious public health problem. Over the past decades, control programmes have made remarkable progress in reducing S.
Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell, Vanessa Silva-Moraes, Diana Taboada, Ana Carolina Alves de Mattos, Ana Karine Sarvel de Castro, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho   +5 more
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Transformative Approaches in Transitioning to a Circular Sanitation Bioeconomy in South Africa: A Scoping Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transitioning from linear flow resource management practices to a circular sanitation bioeconomy needs a transformative approach. In South Africa, the management of human excreta through resource recovery and reuse (RRR) has been widely researched and piloted.
William Musazura, Alfred Oduor Odindo, Stephen O. Ojwach   +2 more
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