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The cost of a disease targeted for elimination in Brazil: the case of schistosomiasis mansoni. [PDF]

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2019
BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis mansoni is a poverty-related parasitic infection that has a variety of clinical manifestations. We consider the disability and deaths caused by schistosomiasis unacceptable for a tool-ready disease.
Nascimento GL, Pegado HM, Domingues ALC, Ximenes RAA, Itria A, Cruz LN, Oliveira MRF.   +6 more
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Osteopontin Is Upregulated in Human and Murine Acute Schistosomiasis Mansoni. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Symptomatic acute schistosomiasis mansoni is a systemic hypersensitivity reaction against the migrating schistosomula and mature eggs after a primary infection. The mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of acute schistosomiasis are not fully elucidated.
Thiago Almeida Pereira, Wing-Kin Syn, Frederico Figueiredo Amâncio, Pedro Henrique Diniz Cunha, Julia Fonseca Morais Caporali, Guilherme Vaz de Melo Trindade, Elisângela Trindade Santos, Márcia Maria Souza, Zilton Araújo Andrade, Rafal P Witek, William Evan Secor, Fausto Edmundo Lima Pereira, José Roberto Lambertucci, Anna Mae Diehl   +13 more
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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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CORRELATION BETWEEN PLATELET COUNT AND BOTH LIVER FIBROSIS AND SPLEEN DIAMETER IN PATIENTS WITH SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2014
Context Studies have described the correlation between platelet count and the stages of fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis, but few publications have studied this correlation in Schistosomiasis mansoni.
Tibério B MEDEIROS, Ana Lucia C DOMINGUES, Carlos F LUNA, Edmundo P LOPES   +3 more
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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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Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in patients with chronic schistosomiasis mansoni: evidences of subclinical renal inflammation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The aim of this study is to investigate renal markers and the biomarker MCP-1 in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni. This is a cross-sectional study with 85 patients aged 5 to 48 years, with a confirmed diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni through the
Ana Lúcia P Hanemann, Alexandre B Libório, Elizabeth F Daher, Alice Maria C Martins, Marta Cristhiany C Pinheiro, Mariana S Sousa, Fernando Schemelzer M Bezerra   +6 more
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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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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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Schistosomiasis Mansoni-Recruited Eosinophils: An Overview in the Granuloma Context. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2022
Eosinophils are remarkably recruited during schistosomiasis mansoni, one of the most common parasitic diseases worldwide. These cells actively migrate and accumulate at sites of granulomatous inflammation termed granulomas, the main pathological feature ...
Malta KK, Palazzi C, Neves VH, Aguiar Y, Silva TP, Melo RCN.   +5 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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