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Circulating antigen tests and urine reagent strips for diagnosis of active schistosomiasis in endemic areas [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Point-of-care (POC) tests for diagnosing schistosomiasis include tests based on circulating antigen detection and urine reagent strip tests.
Bossuyt, P.M.M., Gopalakrishna, G., Lamberton, P., Leeflang, M.M.G., Ochodo, E.A., Polman, K., Reitsma, J.B., Spek, B., van Lieshout, L.   +8 more
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Insights from quantitative and mathematical modelling on the proposed WHO 2030 goal for schistosomiasis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

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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Rethinking the Top-Down Approach to Schistosomiasis Control and Elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
The control and elimination of schistosomiasis have over the last two decades involved several strategies, with the current strategy by the World Health Organization (WHO) focusing mainly on treatment with praziquantel during mass drug administration ...
A. Onasanya, M. Bengtson, O. Oladepo, J. van Engelen, J. Diehl   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insights from quantitative and mathematical modelling on the proposed WHO 2030 goal for schistosomiasis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

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
doaj   +1 more source

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, R. Bergquist, Pengfei Cai, Shiwanthi L Ranasinghe, B. M. Tebeje, H. You   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“We know about schistosomiasis but we know nothing about FGS”: A qualitative assessment of knowledge gaps about female genital schistosomiasis among communities living in Schistosoma haematobium endemic districts of Zanzibar and Northwestern Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background Schistosoma haematobium causes urogenital schistosomiasis and is widely distributed in Tanzania. In girls and women, the parasite can cause Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), a gynecological manifestation of schistosomiasis that is highly ...
H. Mazigo, A. Samson, Valencia J Lambert, Agnes L. Kosia, Deogratias D. Ngoma, Rachel Murphy, Dunstan J Matungwa   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Schistosomiasis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2012
Schistosomiasis is a tropical parasitic disease, caused by blood-dwelling worms of the genus Schistosoma. The main human species are S mansoni (occurring in Africa and South America) and S japonicum (South and East Asia) causing intestinal and hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, and S haematobium (Africa) causing urinary schistosomiasis.
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Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2023
Background Few studies have investigated the change in life expectancy (LE) and the healthy lifespan among patients with advanced schistosomiasis. This study was to evaluate the LE and healthy life expectancy (HLE) for patients and assess the mechanism ...
Honglin Jiang, Jie Zhou, Meng Xia, Guangping Li, Jie Di, Feng Mao, Liangqing Yu, Yu Cai, Zhengzhong Wang, Ying Xiong, Yixin Tong, Jiangfan Yin, Yue Chen, Qingwu Jiang, Yibiao Zhou   +14 more
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The evaluation of control measures against Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia by a mathematical model [PDF]

, 2008
We constructed a mathematical model for the transmission of Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia. The simulation of the model will be instrumental in planning schistosomiasis control measures.
Allen, Anderson, Anderson, Asaolu, Attwood, Attwood, Attwood, Attwood, Attwood, Barbour, Bruce, Bundy, Chan, Davis, Duong Socheat, Feng, Gryssls, Guo, Hajime Matsuda, Harinasuta, Hirofumi Ishikawa, Hisakane, Iijima, Ishikawa, Khamkeo, Liang, Liang, Macdonald, Masashi Kirinoki, Matsumoto, Muth Sinuon, Nakamura, Naoto Hisakane, Ohmae, Sinuon, Sornmani, Sornmani, Stich, Strandgaard, The Cambodia-Japan Medical Cooperation, Urbani, Van Druten, Vongsouvan, Woolhouse, Woolhouse, World Health Organization, Yasuraoka, Yuichi Chigusa   +47 more
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Schistosomiasis Japonica Control in Domestic Animals: Progress and Experiences in China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Schistosomiasis japonica, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, is an endemic, zoonotic parasitic disease. Domestic animals, particularly bovines, are thought to play an important role in transmission of the disease. Historically, China was the country mostly
Zhiguo Cao, Zhiguo Cao, Yinyin Huang, Tianping Wang   +3 more
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