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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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A new focus of schistosomiasis mansoni in Hayk town, northeastern Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes, 2015
BackgroundThe endemicity of human schistosomiasis has long been established in Ethiopia, and new foci have also been continuously reported.The objective of this study was to determine the transmission and magnitude of schistosomiasis in Hayk area ...
Gashaw Amsalu, Z. Mekonnen, B. Erko
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New approaches to measuring anthelminthic drug efficacy: parasitological responses of childhood schistosome infections to treatment with praziquantel [PDF]

, 2015
By 2020, the global health community aims to control and eliminate human helminthiases, including schistosomiasis in selected African countries, principally by preventive chemotherapy (PCT) through mass drug administration (MDA) of anthelminthics ...
A Danso-Appiah, A Fenwick, A Montresor, A Vidyashankar, AC Gelman, AE Butterworth, AL Bustinduy, Alexandra U. Scherrer, AU Scherrer, B Levecke, BM Bolker, CH King, Charles H. King, CJL Murray, CL Black, D Alonso, D Bates, F Thiongo, G Raso, Giovanna Raso, GR Olds, IM Silva, J Cabaret, J Modha, J Smith, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J. Russell Stothard, JA Hanley, JC Sousa-Figueiredo, JD Hadfield, Jean T. Coulibaly, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, JP Webster, JT Coulibaly, Jürg Utzinger, K Stete, Katarina Stete, M Albonico, M Booth, M Ismail, M Nielsen, M Reddy, M Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Martin Walker, ME Mejía, MEJ Woolhouse, MG Basáñez, MJ Bockarie, MJ Doenhoff, MJ Doenhoff, P Andrews, P Fallon, PH Lamberton, Piero L. Olliaro, PJ Brindley, PJ Diggle, PJ Hotez, PL Olliaro, PNM Mwinzi, R Core Team, S Anayi, SD Melman, SJ Vlas de, SN Lahiri, SV Subramanian, Tarub S. Mabud, TW Jia, U Halekoh, W Harnett, W Wang, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +75 more
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Glabralysins, potential New β-pore-forming toxin family members from the schistosomiasis vector snail biomphalaria glabrata [PDF]

, 2020
Biomphalaria glabrata is a freshwater Planorbidae snail. In its environment, this mollusk faces numerous microorganisms or pathogens, and has developed sophisticated innate immune mechanisms to survive.
Crickmore, Neil, Duval, David, Galinier, Richard, Gourbal, Benjamin, Lassalle, Damien, Pinaud, Silvain, Tetreau, Guillaume   +6 more
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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, Jane A. Lenzi, F. C. Rosman, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado, E. M. Mota, M. S. Panasco, Denise Neves Oliveira   +6 more
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Immunoinformatics Design of Multi-Epitope Peptide-Based Vaccine Against Schistosoma mansoni Using Transmembrane Proteins as a Target

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Schistosomiasis remains a serious health issue nowadays for an estimated one billion people in 79 countries around the world. Great efforts have been made to identify good vaccine candidates during the last decades, but only three molecules reached ...
Rodrigo C O Sanches, S. Tiwari, L. C. G. Ferreira, F. M. Oliveira, Marcelo D. Lopes, M. J. Passos, Eduardo H. B. Maia, A. Taranto, R. Kato, V. Azevedo, D. O. Lopes   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transcriptional responses of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Schistosoma mansoni following exposure to niclosamide, with evidence for a synergistic effect on snails following exposure to both stressors. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundSchistosomiasis is one of the world's most common NTDs. Successful control operations often target snail vectors with the molluscicide niclosamide.
Bu, Lijing, Buddenborg, Sarah K, Kamel, Bishoy, Loker, Eric S, Mkoji, Gerald M, Zhang, Si-Ming   +5 more
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Testicular schistosomiasis mimicking tumour

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2004
Schistosomiasis or bilharziasis is a disease caused by Schistosoma. When infecting men the most common parasites are Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma haematobium.
Nicola Mortati Neto, João P. S. Grando, Horacio A. Moreira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A field survey using LAMP assay for detection of Schistosoma mansoni in a low-transmission area of schistosomiasis in Umbuzeiro, Brazil: Assessment in human and snail samples

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background In Brazil, schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease of public health relevance, mainly in poor areas where Schistosoma mansoni is the only human species encountered and Biomphalaria straminea is one of the intermediate host snails.
J. Gandasegui, P. Fernández-Soto, A. Muro, C. Simões Barbosa, Fábio Lopes de Melo, Rodrigo Loyo, Elainne Christine de Souza Gomes   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Yemen: A Review

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 1992
Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem in Yemen. In 1922 Schistosomiasis mansoni was first reported to be found in Yemeni patients. In 1951 the first population survey was carried out in Taiz and revealed the presence of Biomphalaria biossyi arabica where 35% of the snails were heavily infected with S.
Stephen G. Wright, Jamal Sallam
openaire   +3 more sources