Point of Care Diagnosis of Multiple Schistosome Parasites: Species-specific DNA Detection in Urine by Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) [PDF]
, 2017 Schistosomes are easily transmitted and high chance of repeat infection, so if control strategies based on targeted mass drug administration (MDA) are to succeed it is essential to have a test that is sensitive, accurate and simple to use.
Anyan, William K. +6 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 +8 more
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015 This study evaluated parasitological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis and assessment of cure of schistosomiasis mansoni. A population-based study was performed in 201 inhabitants from a low transmission locality named Pedra Preta, municipality ...
L. Siqueira +8 more
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A role for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in the immunopathology of schistosomiasis? [PDF]
, 2012 Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) have been demonstrated to have a role in immune regulation. In general, they are anti-inflammatory and promote Th2 type responses, and they are associated with the alternative activation of macrophages.
Allen, JT +3 more
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A rapid diagnostic test for schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 This article presents an improvement to the Kato-Katz (KK) method, making it faster and more efficient for the visualisation of fertile eggs in stool samples. This modified KK method uses sodium acetate formalin as a fixative and reveals the intensity of infection in less than 1 h, reducing the diagnostic time without increasing the cost. This modified
Mello-Silva, Clelia Christina +3 more
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Bayesian risk mapping and model-based estimation of Schistosoma haematobium-Schistosoma mansoni co-distribution in Côte d'Ivoire. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni are blood flukes that cause urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis, respectively. In Côte d'Ivoire, both species are endemic and control efforts are being scaled up.
Frédérique Chammartin +10 more
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Splenectomy Improves Hemostatic and Liver Functions in Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis Mansoni
PLoS ONE, 2015 Background Schistosomiasis mansoni is a chronic liver disease, in which some patients (5–10%) progress to the most severe form, hepatosplenic schistosomiasis.
Luiz Arthur Calheiros Leite +9 more
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MANSONI'S SCHISTOSOMIASIS OF A LEIOMYOMA: CASE REPORT [PDF]
Clinics, 2007 The literature is limited regarding reports of S. man-soni infection in the female genital tract. We report a caseof a 44-years-old woman who underwent a laparoscopicmomentum due to persistent pelvic pain. Histological ex-amination of the specimen revealed an intramural leio-myoma with areas of hyaline and cystic degeneration.
Arruda, Raquel Martins +5 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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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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