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Adherence to diagnosis followed by selective treatment of schistosomiasis mansoni and related knowledge among schoolchildren in an endemic area of Minas Gerais, Brazil, prior to and after the implementation of educational actions. [PDF]

Parasite Epidemiol Control, 2021
Favre TC, Massara CL, Beck LCNH, Cabello RKSA, Pieri OS.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effects of Water Source, Sanitation and Hygiene on the Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni among School Age Children in Jawe District, Northwest Ethiopia

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2020
Background: Intestinal schistosomiasis is a disease caused by infection with one of the blood flukes called Schistosoma mansoni. The distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection is high in Sub-Saharan Africa due to water source, sanitation and hygiene ...
Tadesse HAILU, Wondemagegn MULU, Bayeh ABERA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistent Vulvar Itch Unresponsive to Treatment: A Case of Vulvar Schistosomiasis Caused by Schistosoma mansoni and a Brief Review of Literature

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background. Vulvar schistosomiasis is a female genital schistosomiasis (FGS), which occurs because of the damage caused by the presence of schistosome ova within the vulva. FGS is mostly misdiagnosed as a sexually transmitted infection.
Anthony Gyening-Yeboah, Solomon E. Quayson   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Drivers and Potential Distribution of Schistosoma mansoni Endemic Areas in Ethiopia

Microorganisms, 2021
In Ethiopia, human schistosomiasis is caused by two species of schistosome, Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, with the former being dominant in the country, causing infections of more than 5 million people and more than 37 million at risk of ...
Keerati Ponpetch, Berhanu Erko, Teshome Bekana, Tadesse Kebede, Di Tian, Yang Yang, Song Liang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seroepidemioplogy of schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
In population surveys in which the Schistosoma mansoni intensity of infection is low, or in localities where the schistosomiasis control program had success, the parasitologic methods lack in sensitivity. Despite of some limitations, the immunological methods are useful to provide valuable information in such field conditions.
Hoshino-Shimizu, S., Dias, L. C. S., Kanamura, H. Y., Silva, L. C., Glasser, C. M., Patucci, R. M. J.   +5 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. The advantages and disadvantages of using ultrasound patterns in the evaluation of liver fibrosis are discussed.
Pinto-Silva, Rogério Augusto, de Queiroz, Leonardo Campos, Azeredo, Letícia Martins, Silva, Luciana Cristina dos Santos, Lambertucci, José Roberto   +4 more
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Esquistossomose mansônica em vesícula seminal Schistosomiasis mansoni in the seminal vesicle

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
Em regiões endêmicas, a esquistossomose mansônica é responsável por uma alta taxa de morbimortalidade por doenças associadas à infestação do sistema hepático. O acometimento genital pela schistosomiasis mansoni é raro.
Eduardo José Andrade Lopes, Carlos Eduardo R. de Almeida, Modesto Jacobino   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological determinants correlating hepatitis C and Schistosomiasis mansoni in one of Upper Egypt governorates

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2018
Schistosomiasis and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are endemic diseases with high prevalence in Africa especially in Egypt. Many sociodemographic and behavioral related determinants were implicated to be associated with schistosomiasis, HCV or coinfection ...
Samah S. Abdel Gawad, Enas Yahia Abu-Sarea, Lamiaa Saleh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interpreting ambiguous ‘trace’ results in Schistosoma mansoni CCA Tests: Estimating sensitivity and specificity of ambiguous results with no gold standard [PDF]

, 2017
Background The development of new diagnostics is an important tool in the fight against disease. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) is used to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of tests in the absence of a gold standard.
A Beltrame, A Gelman, A Koukounari, Aboulaye Meité, Alan Fenwick, Anna E. Phillips, B Erko, CH King, CH King, Christl A. Donnelly, D Limmathurotsakul, DG Colley, DG Colley, DG Colley, DJ Lunn, EA Ochodo, Edridah Muheki Tukahebwa, Eliézer K. N'Goran, Fiona M. Fleming, FT Ferreira, HL Shane, J Collins, Jennifer Keiser, KT Foo, KT Foo, L Gonçalves, LA Stringer, LM Assefa, M Adriko, M Booth, Michelle N. Clements, N Berhe, N Dendukuri, N Katz, N Kittur, Narcis B. Kabatereine, NC Lo, PN Mwinzi, S Sturtz, Sarah C. L. Knowles, Sarah Nogaro, V Feigin, Y-S Lai, Yolisa Nalule, Z Wang   +44 more
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Reduced efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoniis associated with multiple rounds of mass drug administration [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel is the cornerstone of schistosomiasis control in sub-Saharan Africa. The effectiveness of this strategy is dependent on the continued high efficacy of praziquantel; however, drug efficacy is ...
Cotton, James A., Crellen, Thomas, Kabatereine, Narcis B., Lamberton, Poppy H.L., Tukahebwa, Edridah M., Walker, Martin, Webster, Joanne P.   +6 more
core   +5 more sources