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Assessment of schistosomiasis in the semi-arid Northeast region of Brazil: the São Francisco River large-scale water transposition project

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2016
: INTRODUCTION Risk of schistosomiasis expansion to semi-arid northeastern Brazil under the influence of the Integration Project of the São Francisco River (IPSFR) was assessed.
Tereza Cristina Favre, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Lilian Christina Nóbrega Holsbach Beck, Ricardo José de Paula Souza Guimarães, Otávio Sarmento Pieri, Silvana Aparecida Carvalho Thiengo   +5 more
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Salmonella-S. mansoni ASSOCIATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1998
Two young men with Salmonella bacteraemia, active schistosomiasis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are reported. The clinical presentation comprised nonspecific signs and symptoms, such as fatigue, malaise, weight loss, diarrhoea, prolonged ...
J. Roberto LAMBERTUCCI, Abdunnabi A.M. RAYES, Rogério GERSPACHER-LARA   +2 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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Laboratory diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni: Current status and future trends

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects about 290 million patients worldwide. Children aged between 5 and 14 years represent 45.8% of the affected patients, in addition, schistosomiasis has been reported in Schistosoma-free areas ...
Amira Taman, Samar N El-Beshbishi
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Genital schistosomiasis mansoni concomitant to genital tumor in areas of low endemicity: challenging diagnosis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Genital infection by Schistosoma mansoni is usually misdiagnosed in individuals who reside in, or travel to endemic areas. We describe two cases of genital tumor associated with S. mansoni infection manifested by methrorragy.
Marta G. Cavalcanti, Margareth M.I. Gonçalves, Magali M. Barreto, Aline Helen da Silva, Kalil Madi, José Mauro Peralta, Ricardo P. Igreja   +6 more
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Effect of maternal Schistosoma mansoni infection and praziquantel treatment during pregnancy on Schistosoma mansoni infection and immune responsiveness among offspring at age five years.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
IntroductionOffspring of Schistosoma mansoni-infected women in schistosomiasis-endemic areas may be sensitised in-utero. This may influence their immune responsiveness to schistosome infection and schistosomiasis-associated morbidity.
Robert Tweyongyere, Peter Naniima, Patrice A Mawa, Frances M Jones, Emily L Webb, Stephen Cose, David W Dunne, Alison M Elliott   +7 more
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Schistosomiasis Burden and Its Association With Lower Measles Vaccine Responses in School Children From Rural Cameroon

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Background and Methods: Schistosomiasis is debilitating and reported to impair immune responsiveness of infected hosts. In Cameroon, mass drug administration (MDA) is used in schoolchildren to reduce transmission of S. haematobium and S. mansoni.
Justin Komguep Nono, Justin Komguep Nono, Justin Komguep Nono, Justin Komguep Nono, Severin Donald Kamdem, Severin Donald Kamdem, Severin Donald Kamdem, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Smritee Dabee, Michael Schomaker, Alim Oumarou, Frank Brombacher, Frank Brombacher, Frank Brombacher, Frank Brombacher, Roger Moyou-Somo   +15 more
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Intestinal schistosomiasis in remote areas of Southwest Ethiopia, a target region for large-scale mass drug administration

Scientific Reports
As 2030 approaches, the World Health Organization’s due date for ending intestinal schistosomiasis as a public health problem in all endemic areas, understanding the current trends in the burden of schistosomiasis among schoolchildren in endemic areas is
Yared Nigusu, Teshome Bekana, Eshetu Chilo, Sisay Teferi, Dereje Oljira Donacho, Dereje Gemeda, Tefera Darge, Abeza Mitiku, Abdi Geda Gedefa, Tadesse Sime, Wubishet Gezimu, Oda Gizaw, Gemechu Tadila, Miressa Bekana, Berhanu Erko   +14 more
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Concomitant prostatic schistosomiasis and sdenocarcinoma: case report and review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
The term schistosomiasis encompasses a group of infectious disorders caused by five species of the genus Schistosoma, a blood trematode of outstanding importance in tropical areas.
Carlos Alberto Basílio-de-Oliveira, Armando Aquino, Eliane Francine Simon, Walter A. Eyer-Silva   +3 more
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RE-EVALUATION OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL. III. "NOROESTE DE MINAS" MESOREGION

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1998
This study was conducted to assess the presence of schistosomiasis mansoni in the "Noroeste de Minas" mesoregion, an area considered non-endemic. A malacologic survey and parasitologic stool examinations were undertaken in 13 municipalities of the ...
CARVALHO Omar S., MASSARA Cristiano L., GUERRA Henrique L., CAMPOS Yoná R., CALDEIRA Roberta L., CHAVES Adelú, KATZ Naftale   +6 more
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