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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 +8 more
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2004 Schistosomiasis is a common intravascular trematode infection. The snail/human lifecycle is illustrated. Travellers who acquire the infection are often asymptomatic, but nearly always give a history of fresh water exposure in endemic countries when asked.
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Preparing for national school-based deworming in Kenya: the validation and large-scale distribution of school questionnaires with urinary schistosomiasis. [PDF]
, 2011 OBJECTIVE: School questionnaires of self-reported schistosomiasis provide a rapid and simple approach for identifying schools at high risk of Schistosoma haematobium and requiring mass treatment.
Beth Waweru +9 more
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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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Pattern recognition receptor signaling and innate immune responses to schistosome infection
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Schistosomiasis remains to be a significant public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions. Despite remarkable progress that has been made in the control of the disease over the past decades, its elimination remains a daunting challenge in ...
Nouhoum Dibo +6 more
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Schistosomiasis and Urinary Bladder Cancer in North Western Tanzania: A Retrospective Review of 185 Patients. [PDF]
, 2013 Worldwide, cancers of the urinary bladder are well known to be associated with environmental chemical carcinogens such as smoking and occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Chalya, Philipo L +5 more
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Spatial epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in Africa: risk models, transmission dynamics and control. [PDF]
, 2007 This paper reviews recent studies on the spatial epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in Africa. The integrated use of geographical information systems, remote sensing and geostatistics has provided new insights into the ecology and epidemiology of ...
Brooker, Simon
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Parasites & VectorsBackground 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 +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 +5 more
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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 +12 more
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