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Transcriptional responses of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Schistosoma mansoni following exposure to niclosamide, with evidence for a synergistic effect on snails following exposure to both stressors. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundSchistosomiasis is one of the world's most common NTDs. Successful control operations often target snail vectors with the molluscicide niclosamide.
Bu, Lijing, Buddenborg, Sarah K, Kamel, Bishoy, Loker, Eric S, Mkoji, Gerald M, Zhang, Si-Ming   +5 more
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Evaluating the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of integrating mass drug administration for helminth control with seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Ghanaian children: Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 22-30, January 2025.
Abstract Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of integrating seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with mass drug administration for helminth control among school‐aged children living in communities where the burden of malaria and helminths is high in Ghana, West Africa.
Muhammed O. Afolabi, Dennis Adu‐Gyasi, Lucy Paintain, Theresa Tawiah, Mohammed Sanni Ali, Brian Greenwood, Kwaku Poku Asante   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concomitant prostatic schistosomiasis and sdenocarcinoma: case report and review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
The term schistosomiasis encompasses a group of infectious disorders caused by five species of the genus Schistosoma, a blood trematode of outstanding importance in tropical areas.
Carlos Alberto Basílio-de-Oliveira, Armando Aquino, Eliane Francine Simon, Walter A. Eyer-Silva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Salmonella-S. mansoni ASSOCIATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1998
Two young men with Salmonella bacteraemia, active schistosomiasis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are reported. The clinical presentation comprised nonspecific signs and symptoms, such as fatigue, malaise, weight loss, diarrhoea, prolonged ...
J. Roberto LAMBERTUCCI, Abdunnabi A.M. RAYES, Rogério GERSPACHER-LARA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

New approaches to measuring anthelminthic drug efficacy: parasitological responses of childhood schistosome infections to treatment with praziquantel [PDF]

, 2015
By 2020, the global health community aims to control and eliminate human helminthiases, including schistosomiasis in selected African countries, principally by preventive chemotherapy (PCT) through mass drug administration (MDA) of anthelminthics ...
A Danso-Appiah, A Fenwick, A Montresor, A Vidyashankar, AC Gelman, AE Butterworth, AL Bustinduy, Alexandra U. Scherrer, AU Scherrer, B Levecke, BM Bolker, CH King, Charles H. King, CJL Murray, CL Black, D Alonso, D Bates, F Thiongo, G Raso, Giovanna Raso, GR Olds, IM Silva, J Cabaret, J Modha, J Smith, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J. Russell Stothard, JA Hanley, JC Sousa-Figueiredo, JD Hadfield, Jean T. Coulibaly, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, JP Webster, JT Coulibaly, Jürg Utzinger, K Stete, Katarina Stete, M Albonico, M Booth, M Ismail, M Nielsen, M Reddy, M Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Martin Walker, ME Mejía, MEJ Woolhouse, MG Basáñez, MJ Bockarie, MJ Doenhoff, MJ Doenhoff, P Andrews, P Fallon, PH Lamberton, Piero L. Olliaro, PJ Brindley, PJ Diggle, PJ Hotez, PL Olliaro, PNM Mwinzi, R Core Team, S Anayi, SD Melman, SJ Vlas de, SN Lahiri, SV Subramanian, Tarub S. Mabud, TW Jia, U Halekoh, W Harnett, W Wang, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +75 more
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The Effect of Physicochemical Properties of Water Bodies on Schistosomiasis Intermediate Host Snails’ Distribution in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Advances in Public Health, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Schistosomiasis, a disease affecting 800 million people in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), is transmitted through direct contact with infected snail intermediate hosts, in freshwater water bodies. Environmental, climatic and physicochemical properties of the water bodies can interfere with parasite development, reproduction, snail growth and ...
Prince Samkelo Campbell, Wilma ten Ham-Baloyi, Janine Barbara Adams, Melusi Thwala, Maryline Vere, Paula Ezinne Melariri, Annisa Utami Rauf   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laboratory diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni: Current status and future trends

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects about 290 million patients worldwide. Children aged between 5 and 14 years represent 45.8% of the affected patients, in addition, schistosomiasis has been reported in Schistosoma-free areas ...
Amira Taman, Samar N El-Beshbishi
doaj   +1 more source

Schistosomiasis mansoni and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bushulo village, southern Ethiopia

, 2011
Background: Schistosomiasis mansoni and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STHs) are considerable medical and public health problems in Ethiopia. However, information is limited on the epidemiology of these infections in different localities even though it ...
A. Terefe, Techalew Shimelis, M. Mengistu, A. Hailu, B. Erko   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Female Genital Schistosomiasis as a Cause of Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: A Case Report

Case Reports in Pathology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Schistosomiasis is a widespread parasitic disease that affects various organs, including the female genital tract. Female genital schistosomiasis can lead to significant reproductive morbidity, such as ectopic pregnancies and infertility. Case Presentation: A 27‐year‐old woman with a history of recurrent spontaneous abortions presented with
Dirar Medhanie Gebremedhin, Hale Teka, Kidan Fssaha Tsehaye, George Adonakis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Schistosomiasis Burden and Its Association With Lower Measles Vaccine Responses in School Children From Rural Cameroon

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Background and Methods: Schistosomiasis is debilitating and reported to impair immune responsiveness of infected hosts. In Cameroon, mass drug administration (MDA) is used in schoolchildren to reduce transmission of S. haematobium and S. mansoni.
Justin Komguep Nono, Justin Komguep Nono, Justin Komguep Nono, Justin Komguep Nono, Severin Donald Kamdem, Severin Donald Kamdem, Severin Donald Kamdem, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Smritee Dabee, Michael Schomaker, Alim Oumarou, Frank Brombacher, Frank Brombacher, Frank Brombacher, Frank Brombacher, Roger Moyou-Somo   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source