Parasites & Vectors, 2021 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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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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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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Bayesian spatial analysis of a national urinary schistosomiasis questionnaire to assist geographic targeting of schistosomiasis control in Tanzania, East Africa. [PDF]
, 2008 Spatial modelling was applied to self-reported schistosomiasis data from over 2.5 million school students from 12,399 schools in all regions of mainland Tanzania.
Blair, L. +9 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.
Korting, Hans Christian +5 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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Community Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices Associated with Urogenital Schistosomiasis among School-Aged Children in Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania [PDF]
, 2016 Background: On the Zanzibar islands, United Republic of Tanzania, elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis is strived for in the coming years. This qualitative study aimed to better understand community knowledge, perceptions, and practices associated ...
A'Kadir, Faiza M +20 more
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Determining treatment needs at different spatial scales using geostatistical model-based risk estimates of schistosomiasis [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: After many years of neglect, schistosomiasis control is going to scale. The strategy of choice is preventive chemotherapy, that is the repeated large-scale administration of praziquantel (a safe and highly efficacious drug) to at-risk ...
Utzinger Jürg +8 more
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The roles of water sanitation and hygiene in reducing schistosomiasis : a review [PDF]
, 2015 Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. Transmission of, and exposure to, the parasite result from faecal or urinary contamination of freshwater containing intermediate host snails, and dermal contact ...
Utzinger, J +17 more
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Modeling and validation of environmental suitability for Schistosomiasis transmission using remote sensing [PDF]
, 2015 Schistosomiasis is the most widespread water-based disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission is governed by the spatial distribution of specific freshwater snails that act as intermediate hosts and human water contact patterns. Remote sensing data have
Jean-Noël Poda (828985) +24 more
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