Modelling environmentally-mediated infectious diseases of humans: transmission dynamics of schistosomiasis in China. [PDF]
, 2010 Macroparasites of humans are sensitive to a variety of environmental variables, including temperature, rainfall and hydrology, yet current comprehension of these relationships is limited.
Remais, Justin
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The Venezuelan experience in the control of Schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987 Schistosomiasis mansoni endemic zone of Venezuela is located in the valleys of the north central mountain region, with an extension of 15,000 km2 and inhabited by 5.1 million persons. The disease was discovered in 1906, but an organized Control Program was not established until 1943.
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 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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Glomerulonephritis in schistosomiasis mansoni: a time to reappraise.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010 INTRODUCTION The current prevalence of glomerulonephritis in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil was evaluated. METHODS Sixty three patients (mean age 45.5 ± 11 years) attending the outpatient infectious disease clinic of a ...
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Detection of Parasite-Specific DNA in Urine Sediment Obtained by Filtration Differentiates between Single and Mixed Infections of \u3cem\u3eSchistosoma mansoni\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3eS. haematobium\u3c/em\u3e from Endemic Areas in Ghana [PDF]
, 2014 Differential diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, which often occur sympatrically in Africa, requires both urine and stool and the procedures are low in sensitivity. The standard diagnostic tests, such as Kato-Katz (KK) for S.
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Opportunities and challenges for modelling epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics in a multihost, multiparasite system: Zoonotic hybrid schistosomiasis in West Africa [PDF]
, 2017 Multihost multiparasite systems are evolutionarily and ecologically dynamic, which presents substantial trans‐disciplinary challenges for elucidating their epidemiology and designing appropriate control.
Borlase, A, Rudge, J W, Webster, J P
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Rapid screening for Schistosoma mansoni in western Côte d’Ivoire using a simple school questionnaire
Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationThe 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.
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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.
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The protein antigens secreted in vivo by adult male Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]
, 1997 Adult schistosomes can be transferred surgically from donor C57BL/6 mice to the portal veins of naive recipients with complete success. This procedure bypasses larval development and the antibody response of the host is directed against, and can be used ...
Cutts, L., Wilson, R.A.
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Environmental inducers of schistosomiasis mansoni in Campinas, Brazil.
Geospatial Health, 2010 Human occupation/activity in the suburbs of the large cities in Brazil, together with high social vulnerability associated with poor living conditions, influence the dynamics of schistosomiasis mansoni as well as several other emerging and re-emerging ...
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