Therapeutic potential of fucoidan in the reduction of hepatic pathology in murine schistosomiasis japonica. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2020 Background Hepatic granuloma formation and fibrosis as the consequence of tissue entrapped eggs produced by female schistosomes characterize the pathology of Schistosoma japonicum infection.
Bai X +12 more
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Quantifying quality of life and disability of patients with advanced schistosomiasis japonica. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 BackgroundThe Chinese government lists advanced schistosomiasis as a leading healthcare priority due to its serious health and economic impacts, yet it has not been included in the estimates of schistosomiasis burden in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
Tie-Wu Jia +7 more
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IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA
The KITAKANTO Medical Journal, 1959 The changes in serum protein components of mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum were investigated by paper-electrophoresis.1) The examination of serum protein of mice infected with S. japonicum showed an increase of total protein in early infections (3 weeks after exposure to cereariae) raching the maximum 9 weeks after the infection, decrease in ...
S. Sato +5 more
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Assessment of the age-specific disability weight of chronic schistosomiasis japonica
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2007 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the age-specific disability weight of chronic schistosomiasis japonica in China. METHODS: Between October 2004 and January 2005, residents from two schistosome-endemic counties were screened for Schistosoma japonicum infection ...
Tie-Wu Jia +5 more
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A Parallel Comparison of Antigen Candidates for Development of an Optimized Serological Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis Japonica in the Philippines [PDF]
EBioMedicine, 2017 Schistosoma japonicum is stubbornly persistent in China and the Philippines. Fast and accurate diagnostic tools are required to monitor effective control measures against schistosomiasis japonica.
Pengfei Cai +9 more
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Detection of Schistosoma japonicum and Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi environmental DNA and its potential utility to schistosomiasis japonica surveillance in the Philippines. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 In recent years, the prevalence and infection intensity of Schistosoma japonicum in endemic areas of the Philippines have significantly decreased due to yearly population-based treatment strategies, yet transmission rates remain high and uninterrupted ...
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Distribution pattern of the snail intermediate host of schistosomiasis japonica in the Poyang Lake region of China. [PDF]
Infect Dis Poverty, 2019 BackgroundWith the closure of the Three Gorges Dam in 2003 the hydrology of Poyang Lake was altered dramatically leading to significant changes in the environment.
Hu F +10 more
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Comparison of Kato Katz, antibody-based ELISA and droplet digital PCR diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica: Lessons learnt from a setting of low infection intensity. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2019 Background Zoonotic schistosomiasis in Asia, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, remains a major public health concern in China and the Philippines. The developing epidemiological and socio-economic picture of the disease in endemic areas necessitates the ...
Cai P +6 more
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Schistosomiasis Japonica: The DALYs Recaptured. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008 Charles H King
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MEDICAL GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY ON SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA
Geographical Review of Japan, 1972 Schistosomiasis japonica is one of the famous endemic disease found in east and southeast Asia. It has been a preventing factor against the social and economical development in the endemic areas. From the above reason this disease can be taken up as a subject of regional study from the view point of medical geography.
Naoko Nihei, Shigeo Asami
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