CD4CD25 Regulatory Cells Contribute to the Regulation of Colonic Th2 Granulomatous Pathology Caused by Schistosome Infection [PDF]
Eggs of the helminth Schistosoma mansoni accumulate in the colon following infection and generate Th2-biassed inflammatory granulomas which become down- modulated in size as the infection proceeds to chronicity.
Adrian P. Mountford +40 more
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Concomitant prostatic schistosomiasis and sdenocarcinoma: case report and review
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 +3 more
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IntroductionOffspring of Schistosoma mansoni-infected women in schistosomiasis-endemic areas may be sensitised in-utero. This may influence their immune responsiveness to schistosome infection and schistosomiasis-associated morbidity.
Robert Tweyongyere +7 more
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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 +15 more
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As 2030 approaches, the World Health Organization’s due date for ending intestinal schistosomiasis as a public health problem in all endemic areas, understanding the current trends in the burden of schistosomiasis among schoolchildren in endemic areas is
Yared Nigusu +14 more
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Determining treatment needs at different spatial scales using geostatistical model-based risk estimates of schistosomiasis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: After many years of neglect, schistosomiasis control is going to scale. The strategy of choice is preventive chemotherapy, that is the repeated large-scale administration of praziquantel (a safe and highly efficacious drug) to at-risk ...
Utzinger Jürg +8 more
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Toward measuring Schistosoma response to praziquantel treatment with appropriate descriptors of egg excretion [PDF]
The control of schistosomiasis emphasizes preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel, which aims at decreasing infection intensity and thus morbidity in individuals, as well as transmission in communities.
Xiao-Nong Zhou (92570) +54 more
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Rapid screening for Schistosoma mansoni in western Côte d’Ivoire using a simple school questionnaire
The distribution of schistosomiasis is focal, so if the resources available for control are to be used most effectively, they need to be directed towards the individuals and/or communities at highest risk of morbidity from schistosomiasis.
J. Utzinger +9 more
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Morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni: an epidemiological assessment of distended abdomen syndrome in Ugandan school children with observations before and 1-year after anthelminthic chemotherapy. [PDF]
The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and distribution of distended abdomens among Ugandan school children across a range of eco-epidemiological settings and to investigate the relationship between distended abdomens and helminth ...
Kabatereine, Narcis B. +12 more
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This study was conducted to assess the presence of schistosomiasis mansoni in the "Noroeste de Minas" mesoregion, an area considered non-endemic. A malacologic survey and parasitologic stool examinations were undertaken in 13 municipalities of the ...
CARVALHO Omar S. +6 more
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