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Imported Schistosomiasis: A New Public Health Challenge for China
Frontiers in Medicine, 2020 Significantly increased imported schistosomiasis cases have been reported in China as the economy grows. The aim of this study is to review and summarize the current status, clinical features, and transmission risk of imported infections of Schistosoma ...
Lei Wang +21 more
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Pulmonary hypertension in schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2006 José Roberto Lambertucci +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Impact of Schistosoma mansoni on malaria transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 BACKGROUND:Sub-Saharan Africa harbors the majority of the global burden of malaria and schistosomiasis infections. The co-endemicity of these two tropical diseases has prompted investigation into the mechanisms of coinfection, particularly the competing ...
Martial L Ndeffo Mbah +4 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 +6 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 +6 more
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Pathogenesis of Schistosoma mansoni infection
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992 In this paper a discussin is made on the pathogenesis of schistosomiasis mansoni in mice, presented from the perspectives of "processes", "mediators", "strategies for study" and vasculitis are discussed. The role of mediators, including cells, antibodies
Allen W. Cheever
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Use of geospatial modeling to predict Schistosoma mansoni prevalence in Nyanza Province, Kenya. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease that affects over 200 million people, can lead to significant morbidity and mortality; distribution of single dose preventative chemotherapy significantly reduces disease burden.
Dana M Woodhall +8 more
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Acute human schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1995 The acute schistosomiasis is the toxemic disease that follow the Schistosoma cercariae active penetration trough screen in the immunologicaly naive vertebrate host. The clinical picture starts two to eight weeks after the first contact with the contaminated water.
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Mapping the risk for transmission of urban schistosomiasis in the Brazilian Northeast
Geospatial Health, 2020 This is an analysis of the risk of schistosomiasis transmission in the city of Recife in the Northeast of Brazil based on the number of schistosomiasis cases (Schistosoma mansoni) registered for the period 2007-2017 together with data resulting from ...
Emília Carolle Azevedo de Oliveira +5 more
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