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Sulfonamide Inhibition Studies of an α-Carbonic Anhydrase from Schistosoma mansoni, a Platyhelminth Parasite Responsible for Schistosomiasis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020
Schistosomiasis is a debilitating infection provoked by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. The species Schistosoma mansoni is endemic in Africa, where it causes intestinal schistosomiasis.
A. Angeli, M. Pinteală, S. Maier, B. Simionescu, A. Da’dara, P. Skelly, C. Supuran   +6 more
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Circulating antigen tests and urine reagent strips for diagnosis of active schistosomiasis in endemic areas [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Point-of-care (POC) tests for diagnosing schistosomiasis include tests based on circulating antigen detection and urine reagent strip tests.
Bossuyt, P.M.M., Gopalakrishna, G., Lamberton, P., Leeflang, M.M.G., Ochodo, E.A., Polman, K., Reitsma, J.B., Spek, B., van Lieshout, L.   +8 more
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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
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Schistosomes and snails: A molecular encounter [PDF]

, 2014
Copyright © 2014 Knight, Arican-Goktas, Ittiprasert, Odoemelam, Miller and Bridger. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Arican-Goktas, HD, Bridger, JM, Ittiprasert, W, Knight, M, Miller, AN, Odoemelam, EC   +5 more
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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, Lei Wang, Lei Wang, Xiaoying Wu, Xiaoli Li, Xiaoli Li, Xiaoli Li, Xiaoyan Zheng, Xiaoyan Zheng, Xiaoyan Zheng, Fei Wang, Fei Wang, Fei Wang, Zhiqun Qi, Zhiqun Qi, Zhiqun Qi, Minjun Huang, Minjun Huang, Minjun Huang, Yang Zou, Yang Zou, Yang Zou   +21 more
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LETTER TO EDITOR ABOUT "NEW INDEX FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF LIVER FIBROSIS IN SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI".

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2019
In the first issue of 2017we published the paper entitled “New index for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in Schistosomiasis mansoni” (1), which describes a new score to predict the pattern of periportal fibrosis in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni ...
A. V. M. S. Barreto
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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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Cellular and humoral immune responses and protection against schistosomes induced by a radiation-attenuated vaccine in chimpanzees [PDF]

, 2001
The radiation-attenuated Schistosoma mansoni vaccine is highly effective in rodents and primates but has never been tested in humans, primarily for safety reasons.
Abe K., Agnew A., Amory Soisson L., Aranda-Michel J., Araújo M. I., Ashton P. D., Bergquist N. R., Butterworth A. E., Butterworth A. E., Caldas I. R., Capron A., Carneiro-Santos P., Caulada-Benedetti Z., Chan M. S., Coulson P. S., de Clercq D., de Jonge N., Deelder A. M., Doetze A., Dunne D. W., Eberl M., Eberl M., Eberl M., Gryseels B, Gryseels B., Grzych J. M., Harrop R., Harrop R., Hsü S. Y., Jankovic D., Kardorff R., Kasper G., Katz N., Kuntz R. E., Mahmoud O. M., Malaquias L. C. C., Mansour M. M., Marguerite M., Medhat A., Montenegro S. M. L., Moser D., Olsen A., Omer F. M., Omer-Ali P., Pearce E. J., Pemberton R. M., Polman K., Prince A. M., Renquist D. M., Rieckmann K. H., Rocha M. O., Sadun E. H., Sadun E. H., Sher A., Smythies L. E., Sundstedt A., Tanner M., Velupillai P., Viana I. R., Viana I. R., von Lichtenberg F., von Lichtenberg F., Williams M. E., Wilson R. A., Yole D. S., Yole D. S.   +65 more
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Single-sex schistosome infections of definitive hosts: Implications for epidemiology and disease control in a changing world [PDF]

, 2018
Parasites of the genus Schistosoma cause schistosomiasis, a life-threatening infectious disease for humans and animals worldwide. Among the remarkable biological features of schistosomes is the differentiation of the female gonads which is controlled by ...
A Danso-Appiah, AL Willingham 3rd, AR Harris, BL Webster, C Dye, Carolyn B. Coyne, Da-Bing Lu, DG Colley, E Leger, E Sorensen, GJ van Dam, H Mone, HP Shi, Huan Ding, I Popiel, J Boissier, J Boissier, Joanne P. Webster, JP Webster, JP Webster, JT Ribeiro-Paes, JW Rudge, KC King, KG Weerakoon, L Pica-Mattoccia, LS Qiu, M Dumont, PF Basch, PH Lamberton, PJ Skelly, PT Li, PT Loverde, RM Maizels, S Morand, S Morand, SJ Krauth, T Crellen, W Kunz, Yao Deng, YB Zhou, You-Sheng Liang, ZW Tu   +41 more
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Schistosoma mansoni: a rare cause of tubal infection

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010
S. haematobium is an important cause of urinary schistosomiasis, and symptomatic female genital infection is a common gynecological finding in areas where S. haematobium is prevalent.
C.A. Faria, J.C.J. Conceição, T.F. Valadares, B. Rodrigues, L. Carneiro   +4 more
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