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Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Brazil [PDF]

, 2012
Maria Jose Conceicao and Jose Rodrigues Coura 1Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-UFRJ,. DoctorServico de Doencas Infecciosas e Parasitarias-Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva da Faculdade de MedicinaUFRJ, Professor from Curso de Pos-Graduacao em Doencas Infecciosas e ...
José Rodrigues Coura, Maria José Conceição   +1 more
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Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Schistosomiasis‐Endemic Region of Brazil

Pulmonary Circulation, Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Data about pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients living in low‐ and middle‐income countries remain scarce. This study assessed prognostic factors associated with time to clinical worsening (CW) or death of a cohort of PAH patients in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Ricardo Amorim Correa, Camila Farnese Rezende, Eliane Viana Mancuzo, Claudia Mickael, Camila M. C. Loureiro, Rudolf K. F. Oliveira, Joan F. Hilton, Brian B. Graham   +7 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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Identification of training needs in schistosomiasis research to build capacity for schistosomiasis control in Uganda

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 314-321, April 2025.
Abstract Background Schistosomiasis is the leading cause of fatal upper gastrointestinal bleeding among adults in East Africa. The prevalence among school‐aged children in villages along the Albert–Nile shoreline in North‐Western Uganda is estimated at 85%.
Damalie Nakanjako, Moses Egesa, Helen Byakwaga, Casim Umba Tolo, Anatol Maranda Byaruhanga, Prudence Beinamaryo, Grace Banturaki, Lydia Nakiyingi, Ponsiano Ocama, Moses R. Kamya, Alison M. Elliott   +10 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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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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Synthesis of 1,2,3‐Triazole‐Methyl‐Menadione Derivatives: Evaluation of Electrochemical and Antiparasitic Properties against two Blood‐Dwelling Parasites

ChemMedChem, Volume 20, Issue 6, March 15, 2025.
The present study describes the synthesis and thorough investigation of 1,2,3‐triazole‐methyl‐menadione derivatives with particular emphasis on their electrochemical and physicochemical properties and their antiparasitic activities against Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma mansoni. Although less effective against P.
Baptiste Dupouy, Tanja Karpstein, Cécile Häberli, Monica Cal, Matthias Rottmann, Pascal Mäser, Jennifer Keiser, Mourad Elhabiri, Elisabeth Davioud‐Charvet   +8 more
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Portal Hypertension—Noninvasive Multiparametric Ultrasound‐Based Criteria and Measurements

Portal Hypertension &Cirrhosis, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 44-65, March 2025.
The review article discusses B‐mode ultrasound (US), color Doppler imaging, arterial Doppler indices, contrast‐enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and elastography methods in the diagnosis, grading and staging of portal hypertension.
Kathleen Möller, Riyad Abu El Hija, Xiaolong Qi, Christian Jenssen, Sven Mutze, Burkhard Möller, Benjamin Misselwitz, Christoph F. Dietrich   +7 more
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Prevalence and Hematological Changes in Urogenital Schistosomiasis: Infection Persistence in the Phase of Mass Drug Administration in Sempoa (Kwahu East, Ghana): A Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Schistosomiasis is a chronic neglected tropical disease and Ghana's second most prevalent helminth infection. The annual mass drug administration of praziquantel to school children is aimed at reducing disease morbidity as a public health problem.
Alahaman Nana Boakye, Neuwell Hatsu, Samuel Addo Akwetey, Akosua Bonsu Karikari, Simon Kwaku Atta, Mark Michael Addae   +5 more
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Acute schistosomiasis mansoni: revisited and reconsidered [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
Acute schistosomiasis is a systemic hypersensitivity reaction against the migrating schistosomula and eggs. A variety of clinical manifestations appear during the migration of schistosomes in humans: cercarial dermatitis, fever, pneumonia, diarrhoea, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, skin lesions, liver abscesses, brain tumours and myeloradiculopathy ...
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