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Wellcome Open Research, 2020 Background: Schistosomiasis, caused by infection with blood fluke schistosomes, is a neglected tropical disease of considerable importance in resource-poor communities throughout the developing world.
Gilda Padalino +3 more
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Comparative randomised trial of high and conventional doses of praziquantel in the treatment of schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]
, 2010 The efficacy of oral praziquantel in the treatment of schistosomiasis has been considered low by most public health institutions. In this paper, we compared the efficacy of two dosages of praziquantel (80 mg/kg vs.
Ahraby ZM Kansaon +28 more
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In silico prediction of new antimicrobial peptides and proteins as druggable targets towards alternative anti-schistosomal therapy [PDF]
, 2021 Schistosomiasis is a debilitating disease caused by a parasitic flatworm found in fresh- water. With the exponential increase in prevalence, Praziquantel (PZQ) remains the only effective treatment drug, however, resistance to PZQ has been reported ...
Abidemi Paul Kappo +3 more
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Protein deficiency impairs the schistosomicidal action of praziquantel [PDF]
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998 The synergism between schistosomicidal drugs and the host immune system has been currently described in the literature. Antimonium and potassium tartarate, oxamniquine and praziquantel [PZQ are not as effective in immunocompromised hosts as it is in normal ones].
S. F. Lima +3 more
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Acute schistosomiasis mansoni: revisited and reconsidered
Memorias 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 ...
José Roberto Lambertucci
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Wellcome Open Research, 2020 Background: Schistosomiasis, caused by infection with blood fluke schistosomes, is a neglected tropical disease of considerable importance in resource-poor communities throughout the developing world.
Gilda Padalino +3 more
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Tratamento da cisticercose subcutânea co praziquantel: um novo agente cestoidicida [PDF]
, 1984 Twenty adult patients presenting dermal cysticercosis without cerebral or ocular involvement were treated with praziquantel. The first eleven cases received 60 mg/kg/day and the last nine cases 30 mg/kg/day.
Baranski, Miroslau Constante
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2019., 2019 Abstract The objective of the review is to use individual participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis to explore the effect of mass deworming during pregnancy. We developed a search strategy and searched the databases till March 2018. We included individually randomised controlled trials; cluster randomised controlled trials and quasi randomised studies ...
R. A. Salam +7 more
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Avaliação terapêutica duplo-cega baseada na técnica do oograma quantitativo, comparando praziquantel com oxamniquine na esquistossomose mansônica humana [PDF]
, 1986 Um total de 54 pacientes adultos, com esquistossomose mansônica crônica, nas formas intestinal ou hepatintestinal, participou de um ensaio clínico duplo-cego, para comparar o praziquantel com a oxamniquine.
Cunha, Aloisio Sales da +1 more
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Parasitological diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni: fecal examination and rectal biopsy
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992 Even with all progress in the search of sensitive and methods for the immunological diagnosis of schistosomiasis, the microscopic detection of eggs of the parasite in the stool still remains the most widely used tool for the actual diagnosis of active ...
Ana Lúcia Teles Rabello
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