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Pulmonary hypertension in schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1996
To evaluate cardiopulmonary involvement in schistosomiasis mansoni, 246 patients from an endemic area of Brazil were examined; 152 had been previously treated for schistosomiasis. Based on stool examination and/or abdominal ultrasonography, the patients were divided into those with schistosomiasis (69%) and those in whom the disease was not present (31%
Da Silva Aa, Marcia M Barbosa, J R Lambertucci   +2 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.
Guilherme Vaz de Melo Trindade, Wing-Kin Syn, José Lambertucci   +2 more
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Glomerulopathy associated with schistosomiasis mansoni. [PDF]

J Bras Nefrol
Abstract Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease directly related to poor sanitation. In Brazil, 42 million people live in areas where the disease is endemic, and it is still considered a serious public health problem. The kidney is one of the organs typically affected by this worm, with descriptions of renal tubular alterations, acute kidney injury and
Pontes IBS, Duarte Neto AN, Dias CB.
europepmc   +5 more sources

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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Schistosomiasis Mansoni-Recruited Eosinophils: An Overview in the Granuloma Context [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2022
Thiago P Silva, Vitor H Neves, Cinthia Palazzi   +2 more
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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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Ultrasound in schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
We reviewed ultrasound features in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni. The alterations that we observed in acute and hepatosplenic schistosomiasis are described. The advantages and disadvantages of using ultrasound patterns in the evaluation of liver fibrosis are discussed.
Pinto-Silva, Rogério Augusto, de Queiroz, Leonardo Campos, Azeredo, Letícia Martins, Silva, Luciana Cristina dos Santos, Lambertucci, José Roberto   +4 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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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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