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Prevalence and correlates of intestinal schistosomiasis infection among school-aged children in North-Western Tanzania

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that continues to cause morbidity and mortality in Sub Saharan Africa. Due to its endemicity, co-infection with malaria is common. The diseases cause anaemia and impaired nutritional status among
Rajabu Hussein Mnkugwe, Omary Minzi, S. Kinung’hi, A. Kamuhabwa, E. Aklillu   +4 more
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Depression in the schistosomiasis japonica population based on the PHQ-9 scale: a cross-sectional survey from Jiangxi Province, China

Scientific Reports
Depression is the second leading-cause of disability in China. Although studies have shown that more than 80% of patients with advanced schistosomiasis (AS) suffer from anxiety and depression, these study groups are all hospitalized patients with AS and ...
Aizhen Hu, Dele Liu, Huiqun Xie, Xia Wu, Kexing Liu, Xuyun Zhang, Linlin Li, Xing Zhou, Fei Hu   +8 more
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Integration of prevention and control measures for female genital schistosomiasis, HIV and cervical cancer

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2020
Female genital schistosomiasis as a result of chronic infection with Schistosoma haematobium (commonly known as bilharzia) continues to be largely ignored by national and global health policy-makers. International attention for large-scale action against
D. Engels, P. Hotez, Camilla Ducker, M. Gyapong, A. Bustinduy, W. Secor, W. Harrison, S. Theobald, Rachael Thomson, V. Gamba, M. C. Masong, P. Lammie, Kreeneshni Govender, P. Mbabazi, M. Malecela   +14 more
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Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase amplification (RPA) of Schistosoma haematobium DNA and oligochromatographic lateral flow detection [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 Rosser et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in ...
A Ahmed, A. Rosser, AM Emery, B L Webster, BB Obeng, C Escadafal, C Shiff, CH King, D Rollinson, D Rollinson, D Wichmann, D. Rollinson, EF Kjetland, F Amarir, JR Stothard, JR Stothard, JS McCarthy, K Krolov, L Cnops, M. Forrest, MG Cavalcanti, MJ Werf van der, N Lodh, N Nausch, NP Pai, NV Vinkeles Melchers, OP Akinwale, R Bergquist, S Kersting   +28 more
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Snail-Related Contributions from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Program Including Xenomonitoring, Focal Mollusciciding, Biological Control, and Modeling

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020
. The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE) was created in 2008 to answer questions of importance to program managers working to reduce the burden of schistosomiasis in Africa.
F. Allan, S. Ame, Yves-Nathan T. Tian-Bi, B. V. Hofkin, B. Webster, Nana R. Diakité, E. N'Goran, F. Kabole, I. Khamis, A. Gouvras, A. Emery, T. Pennance, M. Rabone, S. Kinung’hi, A. Hamidou, G. Mkoji, J. McLAUGHLIN, A. Kuris, E. Loker, S. Knopp, D. Rollinson   +20 more
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Cellular and humoral immune responses and protection against schistosomes induced by a radiation-attenuated vaccine in chimpanzees [PDF]

, 2001
The radiation-attenuated Schistosoma mansoni vaccine is highly effective in rodents and primates but has never been tested in humans, primarily for safety reasons.
Abe K., Agnew A., Amory Soisson L., Aranda-Michel J., Araújo M. I., Ashton P. D., Bergquist N. R., Butterworth A. E., Butterworth A. E., Caldas I. R., Capron A., Carneiro-Santos P., Caulada-Benedetti Z., Chan M. S., Coulson P. S., de Clercq D., de Jonge N., Deelder A. M., Doetze A., Dunne D. W., Eberl M., Eberl M., Eberl M., Gryseels B, Gryseels B., Grzych J. M., Harrop R., Harrop R., Hsü S. Y., Jankovic D., Kardorff R., Kasper G., Katz N., Kuntz R. E., Mahmoud O. M., Malaquias L. C. C., Mansour M. M., Marguerite M., Medhat A., Montenegro S. M. L., Moser D., Olsen A., Omer F. M., Omer-Ali P., Pearce E. J., Pemberton R. M., Polman K., Prince A. M., Renquist D. M., Rieckmann K. H., Rocha M. O., Sadun E. H., Sadun E. H., Sher A., Smythies L. E., Sundstedt A., Tanner M., Velupillai P., Viana I. R., Viana I. R., von Lichtenberg F., von Lichtenberg F., Williams M. E., Wilson R. A., Yole D. S., Yole D. S.   +65 more
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Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Malaria Journal, 2017
Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin.
Frank O. Richards
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A New Method to Test Molluscicides against the Philippine Schistosomiasis Snail Vectors

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2020
To expedite the discovery of novel molluscicides in the laboratory, this study aimed to evaluate the performance of a new molluscicidal assay. This assay is based on Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi snails and is called miniaturized plate test or mpt.
Darwin C. Gomez, Neil Anacta
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Schistosomiasis: Still a Cause of Significant Morbidity and Mortality

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2019
Tropical diseases remain severe threats to global health with acute or chronic debility. Public health issues are regularly monitored and reported by the WHO.
M. Verjee
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Urinary schistosomiasis and the associated bladder cancer: update

Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, 2020
Urinary schistosomiasis and its severe complications, mainly bladder cancer, are scarce in non-endemic areas. The deficiency in knowledge and clinical experience of schistosomiasis may lead to inadequate management.
M. Zaghloul, T. Zaghloul, M. Bishr, B. Baumann   +3 more
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