Are all hosts created equal? Partitioning host species contributions to parasite persistence in multihost communities [PDF]
Many parasites circulate endemically within communities of multiple host species. To understand disease persistence within these communities, it is essential to know the contribution each host species makes to parasite transmission and maintenance ...
Fenton, Andy+3 more
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Five-year impact of repeated praziquantel treatment on subclinical morbidity due to Schistosoma japonicum in China [PDF]
We report the 5-year impact (1996-2001) of repeated praziquantel chemotherapy on subclinical morbidity related to Schistosoma japonicum infection. We repeated stool examinations and hepatosplenic ultrasonography in a cohort of 120 individuals living on ...
Dessein, A.+6 more
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One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases [PDF]
Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the 21st century and the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) are perhaps the most ...
Adamo+135 more
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Objective To analyze whether schistosomiasis japonica has a certain correlation with the occurrence of intestinal cancer and investigate the characteristics of intestinal cancer with schistosomiasis. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data,
YANG Jianghua+4 more
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Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project [PDF]
We compared changes in the spatial clustering of schistosomiasis in Southwest China at the conclusion of and six years following the end of the World Bank Loan Project (WBLP), the control strategy of which was focused on the large-scale use of ...
Cohen, Ted+7 more
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Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire : effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Social-ecological systems govern parasitic infections in humans. Within the frame of assessing the accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test for Schistosoma mansoni in Cote d'Ivoire, three different endemicity settings had to be identified and ...
AS Stensgaard+49 more
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Schistosomiasis control in China
After three decades' efforts, schistosomiasis japonica were controlled in one-third (4/12) of endemic provinces and 68.2 (259/380) of endemic counties throughout the country.
Hong-Chang Yuan
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Epidemiological features and control of schistosomiasis japonica in China [PDF]
Achievements and successes have been obtained in schistosomiasis control in China. An epidemic survey was carried out and its results analyzed.
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Two-year impact of praziquantel treatment for Schistosoma japonicum infection in China: re-infection, subclinical disease and fibrosis marker measurements [PDF]
We studied a community cohort of 193 individuals exposed to endemic Schistosoma japonicum infection in the Dongting Lake region of China to assess subclinical morbidity and the 2-year benefit of curative therapy (praziquantel) administered in 1996 ...
Li, Y.+6 more
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Patent Landscape of Helminth Vaccines and Related Technologies [PDF]
Executive Summary This report focuses on patent landscape analysis of technologies related to vaccines targeting parasitic worms, also known as helminths.
Burke, Rayna+4 more
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