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The cost of a disease targeted for elimination in Brazil: the case of schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2019
BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis mansoni is a poverty-related parasitic infection that has a variety of clinical manifestations. We consider the disability and deaths caused by schistosomiasis unacceptable for a tool-ready disease.
Gilmara Lima Nascimento, Helio Milani Pegado, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Alexander Itria, Luciane Nascimento Cruz, Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira   +6 more
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Patients with severe schistosomiasis mansoni in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [PDF]

Infect Dis Poverty, 2021
Nigo MM, Odermatt P, Nigo DW, Salieb-Beugelaar GB, Battegay M, Hunziker PR.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Evaluation of schistosomula lung antigen preparation and soluble egg antigen vaccines on experimental schistosomiasis mansoni. [PDF]

Parasites Hosts Dis, 2023
Aly NSM, Kim HS, Eraky MA, Kholy AAE, Ali BT, Miyoshi SI, Omar RE.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

The hepatic extramedullary hematopoiesis during experimental murine Schistosomiasis mansoni. [PDF]

Front Immunol, 2022
Francisco JS, Terra MABL, Klein GCT, Dias de Oliveira BCEP, Pelajo-Machado M.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Vulvar schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
: Prof. Jose Roberto Lambertucci. Faculdade de Medicina/UFMG. Avenida Alfredo Balena 190, 30130-100 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.Jose Roberto Lambertucci. Faculdade de Medicina/UFMG. Avenida Alfredo Balena 190, 30130-100 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.e-mail: lamber@uai.com.brRecebido para publicacao em 12/09/2008Aceito em 15/09 ...
José Roberto, Lambertucci, Izabela, Voieta, Marina, De Brot   +2 more
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Schistosoma mansoni granulomas in the skeletal striated muscles in the murine model of neuroschistosomiasis: histological findings [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020
Schistosomiasis mansoni presents many clinical manifestations during migration of schistosomes in their hosts, including diarrhea, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, liver abscesses, skinlesions, brain tumors and myeloradiculopathy.
Thiago Andre Alves Fidelis, Geraldo Brasileiro-Filho, Patricia M Parreiras, Paulo Marcos Z Coelho, Neusa Araujo, Marco Vinicius Chaud, Denicezar Angelo Baldo, Nelson Brancaccio dos Santos, José Roberto Lambertucci   +8 more
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Osteopontin Is Upregulated in Human and Murine Acute Schistosomiasis Mansoni. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Symptomatic acute schistosomiasis mansoni is a systemic hypersensitivity reaction against the migrating schistosomula and mature eggs after a primary infection. The mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of acute schistosomiasis are not fully elucidated.
Thiago Almeida Pereira, Wing-Kin Syn, Frederico Figueiredo Amâncio, Pedro Henrique Diniz Cunha, Julia Fonseca Morais Caporali, Guilherme Vaz de Melo Trindade, Elisângela Trindade Santos, Márcia Maria Souza, Zilton Araújo Andrade, Rafal P Witek, William Evan Secor, Fausto Edmundo Lima Pereira, José Roberto Lambertucci, Anna Mae Diehl   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Water Source, Sanitation and Hygiene on the Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni among School Age Children in Jawe District, Northwest Ethiopia

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2020
Background: Intestinal schistosomiasis is a disease caused by infection with one of the blood flukes called Schistosoma mansoni. The distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection is high in Sub-Saharan Africa due to water source, sanitation and hygiene ...
Tadesse HAILU, Wondemagegn MULU, Bayeh ABERA   +2 more
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Persistent Vulvar Itch Unresponsive to Treatment: A Case of Vulvar Schistosomiasis Caused by Schistosoma mansoni and a Brief Review of Literature

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background. Vulvar schistosomiasis is a female genital schistosomiasis (FGS), which occurs because of the damage caused by the presence of schistosome ova within the vulva. FGS is mostly misdiagnosed as a sexually transmitted infection.
Anthony Gyening-Yeboah, Solomon E. Quayson   +1 more
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Environmental Drivers and Potential Distribution of Schistosoma mansoni Endemic Areas in Ethiopia

Microorganisms, 2021
In Ethiopia, human schistosomiasis is caused by two species of schistosome, Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, with the former being dominant in the country, causing infections of more than 5 million people and more than 37 million at risk of ...
Keerati Ponpetch, Berhanu Erko, Teshome Bekana, Tadesse Kebede, Di Tian, Yang Yang, Song Liang   +6 more
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