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Resisting control of neglected tropical diseases: Dilemmas in the mass treatment of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in north-west Uganda [PDF]

, 2007
Copyright @ 2007 Cambridge University PressA strong case has recently been made by academics and policymakers to develop national programmes for the integrated control of Africa's 'neglected tropical diseases'.
Hastings, Julie, Allen, Tim, Parker, Melissa, Parker, M, Hastings, J, Allen, T   +5 more
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Prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infection in pediatric populations on antiretroviral therapy in north-western Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2019
Background In areas where HIV and intestinal schistosomiasis are highly endemic, co-infections of the two diseases in a single human host are frequent.
Humphrey D Mazigo, Laurence Kirway, Emmanuela Ausebio Ambrose   +2 more
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Cerebral schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
Lambertucci, José Roberto, Voieta, Izabela, Silveira, Izabela dos Santos   +2 more
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A survey of the prevalence of Schistosomiasis among pupils in Apata and Laranto areas in Jos, Plateau State

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2004
Prevalence of Schistosomiasis in apparently healthy primary school pupils in Apata and Laranto areas of Jos was surveyed using 300 samples of stool and 300 samples of urine.
Okpala HO, Agwu E, Agba MI, Chimezie OR, Nwobu GO, Ohihoin AA   +5 more
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Rapid screening for Schistosoma mansoni in western Côte d’Ivoire using a simple school questionnaire

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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, E.K. N’Goran, Y.A. Ossey, M. Booth, M. Traoré, K.L. Lohourignon, A. Allangba, L.A. Ahiba, M. Tanner, C. Lengeler   +9 more
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Bio-indicators for the evaluation of potential risk of schistosomiasis transmission at the Apipucos reservoir, Pernambuco State

Revista Ambiente & Água, 2016
In Pernambuco, schistosomiasis is endemic in the countryside and large numbers of foci are being detected in urban areas. This paper evaluated the risk of schistosomiasis transmission in aquatic ecosystem based on biomarkers and molecular biology ...
Rodrigo Moraes Loyo*; , Constança Simões Barbosa   +1 more
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Risk factors for schistosomiasis in an urban area in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
Background Schistosomiasis is a water-based disease transmitted by trematodes belonging to the genus Schistosoma. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the prevalence of schistosomiasis and access to water, sanitation and hygiene ...
Richard K. M’Bra, Brama Kone, Yapi G. Yapi, Kigbafori D. Silué, Ibrahima Sy, Danielle Vienneau, Nagnin Soro, Guéladio Cissé, Jürg Utzinger   +8 more
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Integrated analysis of innate, Th1, Th2, Th17, and regulatory cytokines identifies changes in immune polarisation following treatment of human schistosomiasis. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND:  Schistosomiasis elicits cross-regulatory immune responses, but it is unclear how antihelminthic treatment affects this balance. This study integrates data on 13 cytokines elicited by 3 schistosome to examine how praziquantel treatment alters
Rujeni, N, Nausch, N, Mitchell, KM, Mutapi, Francisca, Appleby, Laura J, Midzi, Nicholas, Rujeni, Nadine, Bourke, Claire D, Mduluza, Takafira, Nausch, Norman, Appleby, LJ, Mduluza, T, Midzi, N, Mutapi, F, Bourke, CD, Mitchell, Kate M   +15 more
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Concomitant prostatic schistosomiasis and sdenocarcinoma: case report and review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
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.
Basílio-de-Oliveira Carlos Alberto, Aquino Armando, Simon Eliane Francine, Eyer-Silva Walter A.   +3 more
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The combination of three faecal parasitological methods to improve the diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni in a low endemic setting in the state of Ceará, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Laboratory diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis mansoni can be accomplished through various methods of stool examination to detect parasites, ranging from the most classic tests (Kato-Katz) to several methods that are still undergoing validation. This
Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro, Teiliane Rodrigues Carneiro, Ana Lúcia de Paula Hanemann, Sara Menezes de Oliveira, Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra   +4 more
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