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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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Can human schistosomiasis mansoni control be sustained in high-risk transmission foci in Egypt?
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 BackgroundControl of human schistosomiasis remains a longstanding issue on the agenda of the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP). Substantial impact on morbidity and prevalence of S.
Hala Elmorshedy +5 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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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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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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Hybridisations within the genus Schistosoma: implications for evolution, epidemiology and control [PDF]
, 2016 SUMMARYHybridization of parasites is an emerging public health concern in our changing world. Hybridization and introgression in parasites and pathogens can have major impacts on the host and the epidemiology and evolution of disease.
Leger, E, Webster, J P
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Extramedullary hematopoiesis in murine schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1995 During Schistosoma mansoni infection, there is morphological evidence of involvement of various hematopoietic growth factors, which cause eosinophil, neutrophil, megakaryocytic and erythroid extramedullary foci in the liver, lymph nodes and omental and mesenteric milky spots.
Henrique Leonel Lenzi +6 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 +3 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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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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