Intestinal schistosomiasis
Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Giardiasis Co-Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can a One Health Approach Improve Control of Each Waterborne Parasite Simultaneously?
... Both intestinal schistosomiasis and giardiasis are co-endemic throughout many areas of sub- Saharan Africa, significantly impacting the health of millions of children within endemic ...disease, ...
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An extensive burden of giardiasis associated with intestinal schistosomiasis and anaemia in school children on the shoreline of Lake Albert, Uganda
... of intestinal schistosomaisis, giardiasis and malaria affected just under a fifth of all sampled ...both intestinal schistosomiasis and giardiasis flourish 17, 33-35 ...
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Intestinal schistosomiasis of Ijinga Island, north western Tanzania: prevalence, intensity of infection, hepatosplenic morbidities and their associated factors
... have schistosomiasis re- lated symptoms and the disease accounts for over ...Africa, schistosomiasis is due to Schisto- soma mansoni causing intestinal schistosomiasis and ...urogenital ...
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Non invasive surveillance of Plasmodium infection by real time PCR analysis of ethanol preserved faeces from Ugandan school children with intestinal schistosomiasis
... As part of ongoing co-surveillance of intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria in Ugandan school children, a non-invasive detection method for amplification of Plasmodiu[r] ...
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Under diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in a referral hospital, North Ethiopia
... This cross-sectional study was conducted in Ayder refer- ral hospital, North Ethiopia, from August to October 2016. The Hospital provides referral and non-referral services to more than 8 million populations in its ...
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Prevalence of Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis among Primary School Children in Umolante District, South Ethiopia
... countries, intestinal parasitic infections are widely ...prevalent intestinal parasite in different communities usually occurring together with trichuris infections [9, ...13]. Intestinal ...
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Non invasive surveillance of Plasmodium infection by real time PCR analysis of ethanol preserved faeces from Ugandan school children with intestinal schistosomiasis
... however, intestinal schistosomiasis is hyperendemic [15] and ongoing school-based preventive chemotherapy con- trol has taken place, with periodic disease surveillance, over the last 15 years [16, ...of ...
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Performance of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine dipsticks for rapid detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in schoolchildren from shoreline communities of Lake Victoria
... For intestinal schistosomiasis, a commercially available urine-dipstick which detects schistosome circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in host urine is being increasingly applied, however, further validation ...
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Performance and safety of praziquantel for treatment of intestinal schistosomiasis in infants and preschool children.
... Parasitological diagnosis of S. mansoni was performed using double Kato-Katz thick smears prepared for two consecutive day stool samples (41.7 mg of stool per smear) [19]. Micros- copy was conducted by experienced ...
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Colorectal cancer in a patient with intestinal schistosomiasis: a case report from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center Northern Zone Tanzania
... In Tanzania, colorectal cancer (CRC) incidences have been on the increase. A study on the pattern and distri- bution of CRC reported six times increase in incidences in the last decade [17]. However, there is limited ...
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Coinfection of intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria and association with haemoglobin levels and nutritional status in school children in Mara region, Northwestern Tanzania: a cross sectional exploratory study
... to intestinal schistosomiasis where anaemia was associated with heavy parasite loads, par- ticipants with low level of malaria parasitaemia were more likely to be anaemic compared to those with high level ...
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Biomphalaria pfeifferi Snails and Intestinal Schistosomiasis, Lake Malawi, Africa, 2017–2018
... pfeifferi colonisation within the lake and suspected transmission risk of intestinal schistosomiasis, a conjoint malacological and parasitological survey was undertaken [r] ...
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Epidemiology and control of intestinal schistosomiasis on the Sesse Islands, Uganda: integrating malacology and parasitology to tailor local treatment recommendations
... Traditional diagnostics used for assessment of schisto- some prevalence have relied on stool microscopy, and most commonly, Kato-Katz thick smears. Using stool samples, Lot Quality Assurance Sampling has been tested in ...
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Environmental epidemiology of intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda: population dynamics of biomphalaria (gastropoda: planorbidae) in Lake Albert and Lake Victoria with observations on natural infections with digenetic trematodes.
... of schistosomiasis, we recommend that greater effort should be placed on reducing environmental contamination by improvement of local water sanitation and ...
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Intestinal schistosomiasis and geohelminths of Ukara Island, North Western Tanzania: prevalence, intensity of infection and associated risk factors among school children
... Ukara is an island located on the Lake Victoria and is part of the Ukerewe district, Mwanza region, North-Western Tanzania. The island has a total population of 34,181 according to the national census of 2012 [13]. It is ...
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A STUDY ON THE ASPECTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY OF URINARY AND INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA
... (WHO, 1989). The disease is spread by contact with water that contains the parasites. These parasites are released from freshwater snails that have been infected. The disease is especially common among children in ...
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Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Praziquantel in Ugandan Children with Intestinal Schistosomiasis: Higher Dosages Are Required for Maximal Efficacy
... ABSTRACT Each year, millions of African children receive praziquantel (PZQ) by mass drug administration (MDA) to treat schistosomiasis at a standard single dose of 40 mg/kg of body weight, a direct extrapolation ...
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Co infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in endemic areas of northwestern Tanzania
... Malaria, schistosomiasis and intestinal helminth infections are causes of high morbidity in most tropical parts of the ...falciparum-malaria, intestinal schistosomiasis, soil- transmitted ...
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Intestinal FDG-PET/CT imaging of an Eritrean with schistosomiasis seen in Denmark
... of intestinal schistosomiasis in a patient with African background with 4 months ’ history of nonspecific abdominal pain and 12-kg weight loss, and schistosome eggs were found in his stool and ...
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Impact of Endemic Infections on HIV Susceptibility in Sub-Saharan Africa
... that intestinal schistosomiasis would have a direct effect on HIV transmission after sexual exposure in the rectal mucosa, helminth-induced gut mucosal inflammation could theoretically involve other mucosal ...
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