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Are all hosts created equal? Partitioning host species contributions to parasite persistence in multihost communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
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]

open access: yes, 2017
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]

open access: yes, 2015
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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Composition and Laboratory Examination Characteristics of 187 Colorectal Cancer Patients with Schistosomiasis

open access: yesZhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 2014
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
core   +2 more sources

Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire : effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
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

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1995
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
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological features and control of schistosomiasis japonica in China [PDF]

open access: yesMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
Achievements and successes have been obtained in schistosomiasis control in China. An epidemic survey was carried out and its results analyzed.
openaire   +5 more sources

Two-year impact of praziquantel treatment for Schistosoma japonicum infection in China: re-infection, subclinical disease and fibrosis marker measurements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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]

open access: yes, 2013
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
core   +1 more source

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