Human schistosomiasis
Efficacy of praziquantel and artemisinin derivatives for the treatment and prevention of human schistosomiasis: a systematic review and meta analysis
... for human schistosomiasis is to take antischistosomal drugs for prevention of morbidity in high-risk population ...in human tissue ...For schistosomiasis treat- ment three drugs have been ...
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Can human schistosomiasis mansoni control be sustained in high risk transmission foci in Egypt?
... of human schistosomiasis, and in accordance with the WHO’s rec- ommendations [20], PZQ MDA was instituted in ...of schistosomiasis exceeds 3 % compared to 20 % according to the WHO recommendations ...
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Epidemiology and control of human schistosomiasis in Tanzania
... Schistosoma haematobium worms are strategically located at the terminal venules, which tend to enhance passage of the laid eggs to the lumen of the bladder, pel- vic organs and rarely in the gastrointestinal organs [95]. ...
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Infection with schistosome parasites in snails leads to increased predation by prawns: implications for human schistosomiasis control
... between human definitive hosts and snail intermediate ...reduce schistosomiasis transmission, some have advocated disrupting the schistosome life cycle through biological control of snails, achieved by ...
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Innate, adaptive and regulatory immune responses in human schistosomiasis in Gabon
... Mensen dragen al millennia lang parasieten met zich mee en momenteel is een kwart van de wereldbevolking geïnfecteerd met wormen. Aangezien mensen in de loop van de evolutie voortdurend bloot zijn gesteld aan een rijke ...
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Climate variability and spatiotemporel distributions of human schistosomiasis in region Marahoué (Côte d'Ivoire)
... : Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease widespread in Côte ...of schistosomiasis and the potential links with climate ...of schistosomiasis in region ...in schistosomiasis during the rainy ...
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Immune responses during human Schistosomiasis mansoni Evidence for antiidiotypic T lymphocyte responsiveness
... with schistosomiasis mansoni were purified on immunoaffinity columns of schistosomal egg antigens ...former schistosomiasis mansoni patients, and could do so ...
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Schistosomiasis and Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma
... Schistosoma. Human schistosomiasis is generally caused by three major species: Schistosoma man- soni, distributed throughout Africa, South America (including Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela) and Caribbean (risk ...
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Elimination of schistosomiasis: the tools required
... on schistosomiasis vaccines remains in a continuing uphill ...few human schistosomiasis vaccine candidates have reached the stage of clinical trials [51], while a transmis- sion blocking vaccine has ...
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ROLE OF ARGINASE ON THE PROGRESS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS CAUSED BY SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI
... Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trematode flat worms of the genus Schistosoma. Most of the helminthic infections generally associated with the development of T-helper 2 (Th2) cell response. ...
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RE ASSESSMENT OF THE PREVALENCE OF URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN AMAGUNZE, NKANU EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE
... human schistosomiasis in Amagunze, Eastern Nigeria and Prevalence of Schistosomiaisis infection among primary school pupils in Awgu, Enugu State in which prevalence rates of 79% and ...
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The role of microRNAs in the pathogenesis, grading and treatment of hepatic fibrosis in schistosomiasis
... diagnosing schistosomiasis and assessing the severity of liver pathol- ogy ...diagnosing schistosomiasis was limited, a combination of several biomarkers could be used to evaluate hepatopathology ...
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Deterministic and Stochastic Schistosomiasis Models with General Incidence
... [2]. Human schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by five species of the genus Schistosoma or flatworms: Schisto- soma mansoni, Schistosoma intercalatum, Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma mekongi ...
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Drugs for treating urinary schistosomiasis
... urinary schistosomiasis (Liu 2011; Pérez del Villar 2012), and both concluded that the combination of artesunate plus praz- iquantel is superior to praziquantel alone, While we find some evidence to support this ...
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Schistosomiasis in Malawi: a systematic review
... There was almost no documentation produced exclu- sively by local researchers and research institutions on the risks and health consequences of contracting schistosom- iasis in any water bodies in Malawi. It may be a ...
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Optimising cluster survey design for planning schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy
... control schistosomiasis, a helminthic disease for which preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel is the main control ...for schistosomiasis, survey-based estimates of infection prevalence are ...on ...
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The epidemiology of Schistosomiasis in Lango Region Uganda 60 years after Schwetz 1951: Can Schistosomiasis be eliminated through Mass Drug Administration without other supportive control measures?
... Intestinal schistosomiasis was first detected in Lango in 1967 (Bradley et ...of schistosomiasis from 1951, 2007 and 2011 and the gold standard syringe filtration method in Lango region of central northern ...
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A Schistosomiasis Model with Diffusion Effects
... modeling schistosomiasis, we establish and analyzed a schistosomiasis model with diffusion effect and saturated incidence function, in which two groups of human share the water contaminated by ...
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Schistosomiasis vaccine discovery using immunomics
... We would like to thank the staff at the Protein Microarray laboratory, UCI and Antigen Discovery Incorporated (ADi) for training and assistance in the manufacture and use of the schistosome microarray and Fred Lewis ...
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Estimation of changes in the force of infection for intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis in countries with schistosomiasis control initiative assisted programmes
... national schistosomiasis control programmes, mostly based on large-scale preventive chemotherapy—also known as mass drug administration (MDA)—with praziquantel, resulting in significant successes in controlling ...
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