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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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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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Health access livelihood framework reveals potential barriers in the control of schistosomiasis in the Dongting Lake area of Hunan Province, China [PDF]

, 2013
Background:Access to health care is a major requirement in improving health and fostering socioeconomic development. In the People's Republic of China (P.R.
Utzinger, Jürg, Li, Y.S., Shui-Yuan Xiao, Dong-Bao Yu, Utzinger Jürg, Yue-Sheng Li, Yu Dong-Bao, Julie Balen, Zheng-Yuan Zhao, Xiao, S.Y., Zhao-Chun Liu, Xiao Shui-Yuan, Balen, Julie, Xiao, Shui-Yuan, Zhao, Zheng-Yuan, Jürg Utzinger, Zhao Zheng-Yuan, Li, Yue-Sheng, Giovanna Raso, McManus, Donald P., Balen Julie, Raso, Giovanna, Donald P McManus, Liu Zhao-Chun, Utzinger, J., Liu, Z.C., Raso, G., Li Yue-Sheng, Liu, Zhao-Chun, McManus, D.P., Utzinger, Juerg, Yu, Dong-Bao, Raso Giovanna, Balen, J., McManus Donald P., Yu, D.B., Zhao, Z.Y.   +36 more
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Gaining and sustaining schistosomiasis control : study protocol and baseline data prior to different treatment strategies in five African countries [PDF]

, 2016
The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE) was established in 2008 to answer strategic questions about schistosomiasis control.
W. Evan Secor, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Utzinger, Jürg, King, Charles H., Magnussen, Pascal, Secor, W. Evan, Ferro, J, Daniel G. Colley, N'Goran, EK, Carl H. Campbell, Xiao-Ping Yin, Shen, Y, Christopher C. Whalen, Kinung'hi, Safari, Ye Shen, Ezeamama, Amara E., Garba, Amadou, Utzinger, J, Hamidou, A, Rathbun, S, Fenwick, A, Mwinzi, Pauline N. M., Colley, DG, Anna Phillips, Whalen, Christopher C., Diana M. S. Karanja, Olsen, A, Charles H. King, Montgomery, S, Phillips, Anna, Campbell, Carl H., Amadou Garba, Garba, A, Kinung'hi, S, Fenwick, Alan, Ezeamama, AE, Susan Montgomery, Colley, Daniel G., Secor, WE, He, C-L, Stephen Rathbun, Alan Fenwick, Campbell, CH, King, CH, Pascal Magnussen, Yin, X-P, Olsen, Annette, Ferro, Josefo, Sue C. Binder, Pauline N. M. Mwinzi, Magnussen, P, Karanja, Diana M. S., Amara E. Ezeamama, Chun-La He, Mwinzi, PNM, Jürg Utzinger, Annette Olsen, Binder, Sue C., Josefo Ferro, He, Chun-La, Safari Kinung’hi, Montgomery, Susan, Whalen, CC, Amina Hamidou, Binder, SC, Rathbun, Stephen, Hamidou, Amina, N'Goran, Eliézer K., Phillips, A, Shen, Ye, Karanja, DMS, Yin, Xiao-Ping   +71 more
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Schistosomiasis control in China : strategy of control and rapid assessment of schistosomiasis risk by remote sensing (RS)and geographic information system (GIS) [PDF]

, 2003
Human schistosomiasis remains one of the most prevalent parasitic infections in the tropics and subtropics. The disease currently is endemic in 76 countries and territories and continues to be a major public health concern, especially in the ...
Guo, Jiagang
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Selecting accurate post-elimination monitoring tools to prevent reemergence of urogenital schistosomiasis in Morocco: a pilot study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
Background After alleged stop of transmission of schistosomiasis and further down the line in post elimination settings, sensitive tools are required to monitor infection status to prevent potential re-emergence.
Abdelaali Balahbib, Fatima Amarir, Paul L.A.M. Corstjens, Claudia J. de Dood, Govert J. van Dam, Amina Hajli, Meryem Belhaddad, Bouchra El Mansouri, Abderrahim Sadak, Mohamed Rhajaoui, El Bachir Adlaoui   +10 more
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Study and implementation of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba islands) using an integrated multidisciplinary approach [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that continues to be a major public health problem in many developing countries being responsible for an estimated burden of at least 1.4 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Africa ...
Colley Daniel G, Knopp, S., Fenwick, A., Albonico Marco, Khalfan A Mohammed, Fenwick Alan, Ali Said M, David Rollinson, Alan Fenwick, Khamis I, Gouvras Anouk, I Simba Khamis, Stefanie Knopp, Gouvras, A., Utzinger Jürg, Marco Albonico, Anouk Gouvras, Savioli, L., Albonico, M., Savioli Lorenzo, Jürg Utzinger, Bobbie Person, Rollinson David, Ali, S. M., Shaali M Ame, Person, B., Daniel G Colley, Person Bobbie, Utzinger, J., Ame, S. M., Mohammed, K. A., Rollinson, D., Khamis, I. S., Lorenzo Savioli, Knopp Stefanie, Said M Ali, Mohammed Khalfan A, Ame Shaali M, Colley, D. G.   +38 more
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All that is blood is not schistosomiasis : experiences with reagent strip testing for urogenital schistosomiasis with special consideration to very-low prevalence settings [PDF]

, 2015
Reagent strip testing for microhaematuria has long been used for community diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium. Sensitivities and specificities are reasonable, and hence, microhaematuria can serve as a proxy for S. haematobium infection.
Eliézer K. N’Goran, Krauth, Stefanie J., Louise Y. Achi, Greter, Helena, Utzinger, Jürg, Coulibaly, Jean T., Jean T. Coulibaly, Bongo N. R. Ngandolo, Katarina Stete, N’Goran, Eliézer K., Zinsstag, Jakob, Ngandolo, Bongo N.R., Stete, Katarina, N'Goran, Eliézer K., Stefanie J. Krauth, Traoré, Seïdinan I., Helena Greter, Jakob Zinsstag, Jürg Utzinger, Coulibaly, Jean Tenena, Ngandolo, Bongo N. R., Achi, Louise Y., Seïdinan I. Traoré   +22 more
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Uptake of mass drug administration programme for schistosomiasis control in Koome Islands, Central Uganda. [PDF]

, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for elimination in Uganda through the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme.
Nuwaha, Fred, Bagonza, James, Fred Nuwaha, James Bagonza (716006), Tuhebwe Doreen, Yeka, Adoke, Doreen Tuhebwe, Yeka Adoke, Elliott Alison M., Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho (716007), Kiracho Elizabeth Ekirapa, Bagonza James, Kiracho, Elizabeth Ekirapa, Doreen Tuhebwe (716005), Nuwaha Fred, Alison M Elliott, Alison M. Elliott (114054), Adoke Yeka, Elliott, Alison M, Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho, Adoke Yeka (18017), Tuhebwe, Doreen, James Bagonza, Fred Nuwaha (169425)   +23 more
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Novel Approaches in the Control of Schistosomiasis: from Rapid Identification to Chemoprophylaxis [PDF]

, 1999
Human schistosomiasis is the second most prevalent parasitic disease in the tropics, and has a huge impact on public health and socio-economic development.
Utzinger, Jürg
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