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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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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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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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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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Praziquantel: its use in control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa and current research needs [PDF]

, 2009
Treatment with praziquantel (PZQ) has become virtually the sole basis of schistosomiasis control in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere, and the drug is reviewed here in the context of the increasing rate that it is being used for this purpose. Attention is
Doenhoff, M.J., Southgate, V., Botros, S., Pica-Mattocia, L., Hagan, P., Coles, G., Tchuem, T.C.H.U., Mbaye, A., Engels, D., Cioli, D.   +9 more
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Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2021
Background Schistosomiasis is a common helminthic infection in the tropics and subtropics, particularly in sub-Saharan African countries including Ethiopia.
Siraj Hussen, Demissie Assegu, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Techalew Shimelis   +3 more
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Fluorescence/luminescence-based markers for the assessment of Schistosoma mansoni schistosomula drug assays [PDF]

, 2015
Schistosomiasis is responsible for a tremendous public health burden, yet only a single drug, praziquantel, is available. New antischistosomal treatments should therefore be developed. The accuracy, speed and objectivity of in vitro drug screening depend
Gordana Panic, Jennifer Keiser, Flores, Dayana, Keiser, Jennifer, Ingram-Sieber, Katrin, Dayana Flores, Katrin Ingram-Sieber, Panic, Gordana   +7 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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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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Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis in Egypt: Travel through Time: Review

Journal of Advanced Research, 2013
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (Trematodes) of the genus Schistosoma (S.). It is well documented that schistosomiasis haematobium was endemic in Ancient Egypt.
Rashida M.R. Barakat
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