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Late cutaneous schistosomiasis representing an isolated skin manifestation of Schistosoma mansoni infection [PDF]

, 2000
Ectopic late cutaneous schistosomiasis is usually preceded or accompanied by visceral schistosomiasis infection. Our patient presented the very rare case of late cutaneous schistosomiasis as an isolated skin manifestation.
Korting, Hans Christian, Schaller, M., Kick, G., G. Kick, M. Schaller, H.C. Korting   +5 more
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Acute Appendicitis Secondary to Intestinal Schistosomiasis

Case Reports in Surgery, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes commonly found in sub‐Saharan Africa and select other areas in Asia and the Americas. The disease can manifest in a wide range of acute and chronic conditions, rarely presenting as acute appendicitis.
Ethan Shyu, Luis Arias-Espinosa, Gabriele Barrocas, Scott Weisenberg, Flavio Malcher, Paola De Nardi   +5 more
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A novel immunodiagnostic assay to detect serum antibody response against selected soluble egg antigen fractions from Schistosoma japonicum. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis japonica remains a real threat to public health in China. The currently used immunodiagnostic assays are sensitive and have a certain degree of specificity, however, they all use complex crude antigens, are based on detection ...
Yinchang Zhu, Wanquan Hua, Ming Xu, Wei He, Xiaoting Wang, Yang Dai, Song Zhao, Jianxia Tang, Shixia Wang, Shan Lu   +9 more
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Study and implementation of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba islands) using an integrated multidisciplinary approach [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that continues to be a major public health problem in many developing countries being responsible for an estimated burden of at least 1.4 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Africa ...
Colley Daniel G, Knopp, S., Fenwick, A., Albonico Marco, Khalfan A Mohammed, Fenwick Alan, Ali Said M, David Rollinson, Alan Fenwick, Khamis I, Gouvras Anouk, I Simba Khamis, Stefanie Knopp, Gouvras, A., Utzinger Jürg, Marco Albonico, Anouk Gouvras, Savioli, L., Albonico, M., Savioli Lorenzo, Jürg Utzinger, Bobbie Person, Rollinson David, Ali, S. M., Shaali M Ame, Person, B., Daniel G Colley, Person Bobbie, Utzinger, J., Ame, S. M., Mohammed, K. A., Rollinson, D., Khamis, I. S., Lorenzo Savioli, Knopp Stefanie, Said M Ali, Mohammed Khalfan A, Ame Shaali M, Colley, D. G., Gouvras, Anouk, Utzinger, Jürg, Albonico, Marco, Ali, Said M, Fenwick, Alan, Rollinson, David, Person, Bobbie, Mohammed, Khalfan A, Khamis, I Simba, Savioli, Lorenzo, Ame, Shaali M, Colley, Daniel G, Knopp, Stefanie   +51 more
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A Parallel Comparison of Antigen Candidates for Development of an Optimized Serological Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis Japonica in the Philippines

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, Kosala G. Weerakoon, Yi Mu, David U. Olveda, Xianyu Piao, Shuai Liu, Remigio M. Olveda, Qijun Chen, Allen G. Ross, Donald P. McManus   +9 more
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Schistosomiasis Chemotherapy, Chemoprevention, and Vaccines: History, Progress, and Priorities

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2024.
Schistosomiasis is a major human disease of public health importance. The goal is to provide an overview of the history and advancements in schistosomiasis chemotherapy, chemoprevention, and vaccine research. Praziquantel is effective against all species of schistosomiasis, but schistosomiasis prevalence has largely remained unaffected, due to ...
Alaa Oqalaa E. Alibrahim, Walaa A. Elkholy, Mona M. El‐Derbawy, Noha F. Zahran, Athanasios Alexiou, Marios Papadakis, Gaber El‐Saber Batiha   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary Report of the 8th Selective Mass-Chemotherapy of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Mwachinga Community of Kwale District, Coast Kenya [PDF]

, 2001
A selective mass-chemotherapy of urinary schistosomiasis was conducted in Mwachinga community of Kwale District, Coast Province of Kenya in August, 2001 after three and a half years since the last urine examination and treatment.
Mwachinga Schistosomiasis Control study Group, Mwachinga, Schistosomiasis Control study Group   +1 more
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Real-time PCR demonstrates high prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines: implications for surveillance and control.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundThe Philippines has a population of approximately 103 million people, of which 6.7 million live in schistosomiasis-endemic areas with 1.8 million people being at risk of infection with Schistosoma japonicum. Although the country-wide prevalence
Catherine A Gordon, Luz P Acosta, Geoffrey N Gobert, Remigio M Olveda, Allen G Ross, Gail M Williams, Darren J Gray, Donald Harn, Yuesheng Li, Donald P McManus   +9 more
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Schistosome eggs stimulate reactive oxygen species production to enhance M2 macrophage differentiation and promote hepatic pathology in schistosomiasis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease of public health concern. The most devastating pathology in schistosomiasis japonica and mansoni is mainly attributed to the egg-induced granulomatous response and secondary fibrosis in host liver, which ...
Yanxiong Yu, Junling Wang, Xiaohong Wang, Pan Gu, Zhigang Lei, Rui Tang, Chuan Wei, Lei Xu, Chun Wang, Ying Chen, Yanan Pu, Xin Qi, Beibei Yu, Xiaojun Chen, Jifeng Zhu, Yalin Li, Zhijie Zhang, Sha Zhou, Chuan Su   +18 more
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Parasite‐derived microRNA let‐7‐5p detection for metacestodiasis based on rolling circular amplification‐assisted CRISPR/Cas9

The FASEB Journal, Volume 38, Issue 10, 31 May 2024.
MicroRNA extraction and RCA‐assisted CRISPR/Cas9 detection. Abstract Metacestodiasis is an infectious disease caused by the larval stage of cestode parasites. This disease poses a serious health hazard to wildlife, livestock, and humans, and it incurs substantial economic losses by impacting the safety of the livestock industry, the quality of meat ...
Liqun Wang, Guiting Pu, Tingli Liu, Guoliang Chen, Hong Li, Tharheer Oluwashola Amuda, Shanling Cao, Hongbin Yan, Hong Yin, Baoquan Fu, Xuenong Luo   +10 more
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