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Experimental Chemotherapy of Schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

, 1968
In mice experimentally infected with Schistosoma mansoni, praziquantel (2-cyclohexylcarbonyl-1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-2H-pyrazino[2,1-a]isoquinoline-4-one), administered orally at the levels of 100 and 50 mg/kg, for 5 consecutive days, produced oogram changes in all animals and a pronounced hepatic shift of schistosomes (97.1 and 89.1, respectively). At
J. Pellegrino, N. Katz
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Schistosomiasis mansoni of the prostate [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2006
A 56-year-old man came to hospital for a routine checkup. His medical history and physical examination wereunremarkable. Laboratory evaluation was normal, except for aserum prostate specific antigen (PSA) of 6.5ng/mL (referencevalues: 0-3.5ng/mL). Digital rectal examination revealed anenlarged well-delimitated prostate.
Alfredo José Afonso Barbosa, Izabela Voieta, José Roberto Lambertucci   +2 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.
Rogério Augusto Pinto-Silva, Leonardo Campos de Queiroz, Letícia Martins Azeredo, Luciana Cristina dos Santos Silva, José Roberto Lambertucci   +4 more
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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%
Joel Alves Lamounier, JoséR. Lambertucci, Edmundo Clarindo Oliveira, Arnaldo A. Silva, Mara V. Souza, Darley S. Marques, Marcia M. Barbosa   +6 more
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La schistosomiasis mansoni en Venezuela [PDF]

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 1943
EI joven profesor de clínica médica de la Universidad de Venezuela, para ingresar a la Academia de Medicina, presentó como trabajo inaugural un tratado sabre la Schistosomiasis venezolana par el S. mansoni. El estudio ha sido editado en un libro de 225 páginas con 196 referencias bibliográficas.
Jaramillo Rodríguez
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A spectral analysis of the myoelectric activity of the left colon in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2005
The objective of the present study was to perform a spectral analysis of the electrical activity of the left colon of patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. Thirty patients were studied, divided into 2 groups: group A was composed of 14 patients (9
A.A.B. Ferraz
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RE-EVALUATION OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL. III. "NOROESTE DE MINAS" MESOREGION [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1998
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., MASSARA Cristiano L., GUERRA Henrique L., CAMPOS Yoná R., CALDEIRA Roberta L., CHAVES Adelú, KATZ Naftale   +6 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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Sensitivity and Specificity of Multiple Kato-Katz Thick Smears and a Circulating Cathodic Antigen Test for Schistosoma mansoni Diagnosis Pre- and Post-repeated-Praziquantel Treatment [PDF]

, 2014
Two Kato-Katz thick smears (Kato-Katzs) from a single stool are currently recommended for diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni infections to map areas for intervention. This ‘gold standard’ has low sensitivity at low infection intensities.
A Koukounari, A Koukounari, Alan Fenwick, AP Plaisier, B Erko, BJ Vennervald, CD Criscione, CJ Standley, CM Gower, D De Clercq, D Engels, D Rollinson, David W. Oguttu, DD Lin, DG Colley, HL Shane, IM Cesari, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, Joanne P. Webster, JP Webster, JR Landis, JR Stothard, JR Stothard, JS Kim, JT Coulibaly, JT Coulibaly, K Stete, L van Lieshout, L van Lieshout, LA Tchuem Tchuenté, LI Gomes, LM Siqueira, M Adriko, M Albonico, M Booth, MD French, MJ Enk, N Katz, Narcis B. Kabatereine, NB Kabatereine, PHL Lamberton, PJ Hotez, Poppy H. L. Lamberton, R Bergquist, R Grenfell, RA Ashton, RF Grenfell, RF Grenfell, S Brooker, S Knopp, S Knopp, S Knopp, SM da Frota, Stefanie Knopp, Y Zhang   +56 more
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Acute schistosomiasis mansoni: revisited and reconsidered. [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
Acute schistosomiasis is a systemic hypersensitivity reaction against the migrating schistosomula and eggs. A variety of clinical manifestations appear during the migration of schistosomes in humans: cercarial dermatitis, fever, pneumonia, diarrhoea ...
J. Lambertucci
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