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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, Laura Skrip, Scott Greenhalgh, Peter Hotez, Alison P Galvani   +4 more
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Repurposing of anticancer drugs: in vitro and in vivo activities against Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Drug discovery for the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis has a high priority. Anticancer drugs, especially protein kinase inhibitors, might serve as a starting point for drug discovery owing to the importance of protein kinases in ...
Cowan, Noemi, Jennifer Keiser, Keiser, Jennifer, Noemi Cowan   +3 more
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Fecal occult blood and fecal calprotectin as point-of-care markers of intestinal morbidity in Ugandan children with Schistosoma mansoni infection. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Calprotectin is a calcium-binding cytoplasmic protein found in neutrophils and increasingly used as a marker of bowel inflammation. Fecal occult blood (FOB) is also a dependable indicator of bowel morbidity.
Stothard J. Russell, Kabatereine, N B, Bustinduy, Amaya L, Bustinduy, A L, Kabatereine, N, Fenwick Alan, Alan Fenwick, Betson Martha, LSHTM, Amaya L Bustinduy, Stothard, Russell; id_orcid, Narcis Kabatereine, J Russell Stothard, Ministry of Health, Uganda, Moses Adriko, Sousa-Figueiredo José C., Stothard, J Russell, Kabatereine, Narcis, Kabatereine Narcis, Betson, M, Liverpool, Bustinduy Amaya L., Betson, Martha, Adriko, M, Stothard, JR, Stothard, J R, Fenwick, A, Bustinduy, Amaya L., Sousa-Figueiredo, J C, Adriko Moses, Imperial College London, Bustinduy, AL, Sousa-Figueiredo, José C., Sousa-Figueiredo, JC, Sousa-Figueiredo, Jose C, Martha Betson, Adriko, Moses, José C Sousa-Figueiredo, Fenwick, Alan   +38 more
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Respiratory morbidity in infection: a rapid review of literature

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: Schistosomiasis contributes to 2.5 million disability-adjusted life years globally. Acute and chronic respiratory morbidity of Schistosoma mansoni ( S. mansoni ) is poorly documented in the literature.
Joseph Baruch Baluku, Ronald Olum, Richard E. Sanya, Ponsiano Ocama   +3 more
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In vitro screening of selected medicinal plants against Schistosoma mansoni larvae [PDF]

, 2011
Schistosomiasis, caused by various members of the trematode flatworms (Schistosoma species) is the second most important parasitic disease next to malaria.
Tasdemir, Deniz, Tasdemir, D, Karamustafa, S. D., Karamustafa, SD, Mansour, N, Mansour, N., D Tasdemir, Bickle, Q., N Mansour, Bickle, Q, Q Bickle, SD Karamustafa   +11 more
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Co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in endemic areas of northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2010
Malaria, schistosomiasis and intestinal helminth infections are causes of high morbidity in most tropical parts of the world. Even though these infections often co-exist, most studies focus on individual diseases.
Jorg Heukelbach, Mazigo, Humphrey D., Zinga Maria, Heukelbach Jorg, Mahande Aneth M, Mshana, Stephen E., Rebecca Waihenya, Mazigo, Humphrey D, Seni, Jeremiah, Mkoji, Gerald M, Kapesa Anthony, Mazigo Humphrey D, Nicholas JS Lwambo, Mnyone, Ladislaus L, Kweka, Eliningaya J, Mnyone, Ladislaus L ., Waihenya, Rebecca, Mshana, Stephen E, Seni Jeremiah, Kweka, Eliningaya J., Maria Zinga, Anthony Kapesa, Heukelbach, Jorg, Lwambo, Nicholas J.S., Stephen E Mshana, Lwambo, Nicholas Js, Aneth M Mahande, Zinga, Maria, Eliningaya J Kweka, Mshana Stephen E, Ladislaus L Mnyone, Mkoji, Gerald M., Kweka Eliningaya J, Lwambo Nicholas JS, Mahande, Aneth M ., Mkoji Gerald M, Jeremiah Seni, Mahande, Aneth M, Gerald M Mkoji, Kapesa, Anthony, Mnyone Ladislaus L, Waihenya Rebecca, Humphrey D Mazigo   +42 more
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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON IMMUNOBLOT VERSUS PCR IN DIAGNOSIS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI IN EXPERIMENTAL INFECTED MICE [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2016
This study compared PCR and Western blot techniques in diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni. Forty Swiss albino mice were used, thirty two mice were infected with cercariae of S.
SAMAH MOHAMMED, MAHA BASYOUNI, ENAS ABU-SAREA, WAHED MOUSA, MOUSA ISMAIL   +4 more
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Pulmonary involvement in Schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987
The post-treatment pulmonary alterations were evaluated in patients (Study 1) and in mice (Study 2) infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Study 1: the patients were examined pre and post-treatment (with ora oxamniquine) and the following exams were performed: sputum for eosinophils and chest x-ray.
Greco, Dirceu B., Pedroso, Enio R. P., Lambertucci, J. R., Rocha, Manoel O. C., Coelho, Paulo Marcos Z., Raso, Pedro, Ferreira, Cid S.   +6 more
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Epidemiology and interactions of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - 1 and Schistosoma mansoni in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2013
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1/AIDS and Schistosoma mansoni are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and co-infection occurs commonly. Since the early 1990s, it has been suggested that the two infections may interact and potentiate the effects of each other ...
Nuwaha, Fred, Heukelbach, Jorg, Shona Wilson, Jorg Heukelbach, Fred Nuwaha, Safari M Kinung'hi, Morona, Domenica, Dunne, David W, Mazigo, Humphrey D., Dunne, David W., Kinung'hi, Safari M., Domenica Morona, David W Dunne, Kinung'hi, Safari M, Rebecca Waihenya, Mazigo, Humphrey D, Wilson, Shona, Waihenya, Rebecca, Humphrey D Mazigo   +18 more
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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, Ryan E Wiegand, Michael Wellman, Elizabeth Matey, Bernard Abudho, Diana M S Karanja, Pauline M N Mwinzi, Susan P Montgomery, W Evan Secor   +8 more
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