MANSONI INFECTION
Schistosoma mansoni Infection: A Major Contributor of Reduced Effective T Helper Responses against Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma mansoni Co Infection in ex vivo: A Cross Sectional Study to Assess Th1, Th2 & Th17 Immune Responses
... Schistosoma mansoni and Plasmodium falci- parum are co-endemic in Uganda and are the leading parasitic causes of pub- lic health problems across sub-Saharan ...S. mansoni infection on protective T ...
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Association between Schistosoma mansoni infection and access to improved water and sanitation facilities in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, Kenya
... lowest infection with S. mansoni among those with improved water sources at ...13%. Infection was high- est among those who utilized improved water from pro- tected dug well at ...less ...
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Transdifferentiation of macrophages into fibroblasts as a result of Schistosoma mansoni infection
... Int J lJe" lIioI 36 179 1R~(1992) Transdifferentiation of macrophages into fibroblasts as a result of Schistosoma mansoni infection SOPHIE BERTRAND, MARIO GODOY, PATRICK SEMAL and PAULETTE VAN GANSEN'[.] ...
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Schistosoma mansoni infection after three years of mass drug administration in Sierra Leone
... S.mansoni infection was significantly re- duced by 67%, ranging from 36% to 98% in individual districts, and the intensity of infection was reduced by ...
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Schistosomicidal, hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of the methanolic fraction from Clerodendrum umbellatum Poir leaves aqueous extract in Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice
... Schistosoma mansoni infection is characterized by the embolization of eggs from the intestine to the liver through the portal ...Schistosoma mansoni strains resistant to praziquantel [6, ...soni ...
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Fecal Occult Blood and Fecal Calprotectin as Point-of-Care Markers of Intestinal Morbidity in Ugandan Children with Schistosoma mansoni Infection
... S. mansoni infection. Infection is different from clinical disease and particularly in schistosomiasis egg-shedding may decrease with time and treat- ment, but organ damage from chronic inflammatory ...
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Schistosoma mansoni infection reduces the incidence of murine cerebral malaria
... of infection in a malaria-endemic area has a complex pattern due to the variety of pathogens and the genetic variability of the ...helminthic infection on the course of ...haematobium infection was ...
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Epidemiological study on Schistosoma mansoni infection in Sanja area, Amhara region, Ethiopia
... S. mansoni infection in both age groups in Sanja and Ewket Amba Primary schools indicating an intensive exposure of both age groups from both schools in the two infected snail infested water ...higher ...
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Current status of soil transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni infection among children in two primary schools in North Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
... Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Gorgora and Chuahit towns, North Gondar Zone, North West Ethiopia from January 20 to February 25, 2012 involving 261 school children. A pre-tested and structured ...
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Schistosoma mansoni infection among preschool age children attending Erer Health Center, Ethiopia and the response rate to praziquantel
... Results: Out of the 236 study participants, 59 (25%) were infected with S. mansoni. Praziquantel treatment (40 mg/ kg) resulted in 96.4% cure rate and 99.4% egg reduction rate. Children of 3–5 year old were ...
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Failure of immunosuppressive mechanisms in human Schistosoma mansoni infection with hepatosplenomegaly
... mansoni infection with hepatosplenomegaly was characterized by an increased ratio of OKT4 helper to OKT8 suppressor cells, the absence of adherent suppressor cell activity, and diminishe[r] ...
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Drugs for treating Schistosoma mansoni infection
... For praziquantel, the evidence presented is generally supportive of the current WHO recommended dose of 40 mg/kg to treat S. mansoni infection (WHO 2002). Parasitological cure as low as 57% has been ...
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Prevalence of intestinal helminth infection among school children in Maksegnit and Enfranz Towns, northwestern Ethiopia, with emphasis on Schistosoma mansoni infection
... S. mansoni and ...S. mansoni was classified as light (1–99 epg), moderate (100–399 epg) and heavy infections (>399 ...lumbricoides infection was classified as light (1- 4999 epg), moderate ...
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Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Holochilus sciureus Shows Sex Related Differences in Parasitological Patterns
... Schistosoma mansoni infection, we proposed to investigate such differences using Holochilus sci- ureus rodent, besides confirming whether this rodent is suitable for experi- mental ...that infection ...
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Epidemiological study on Schistosoma mansoni infection in Diza area, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Northwest Ethiopia
... Similarly, students who had the practice of river/stream crossing had slightly higher odds for the infection as compared to their counterparts. This is in agreement with the report of (Masaku et al., 2015) and ...
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Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection and the therapeutic efficacy of praziquantel among school children in Manna District, Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia
... S. mansoni and other soil-transmitted helminths ...of infection. Before the adminis- tration of PZQ, all S. mansoni -infected students were pro- vided biscuits and a cup of ...
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Induction of resistance to Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice by purified parasite paramyosin
... Purified schistosome paramyosin ran as a single band on 10% SDS-PAGE and was recognized both by sera from mice immunized with FT schistosomula and a polyclonal antiserum raised against t[r] ...
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Acute Schistosoma mansoni Infection Increases Susceptibility to Systemic SHIV Clade C Infection in Rhesus Macaques after Mucosal Virus Exposure
... that infection with helmiths may increase host susceptibility to infection with HIV-1, we quantified the amount of a clade C simian-human immunodeficiency virus needed to infect rhesus macaques that had ...
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High burden of Schistosoma mansoni infection in school aged children in Marolambo District, Madagascar
... were provided with a single urine sample container la- belled with the same identification number and were instructed to collect a mid-stream urine sample. Chil- dren returned samples promptly before 12 pm midday. Stool ...
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Co infection with Schistosoma mansoni and Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV 1) among residents of fishing villages of north western Tanzania
... S. mansoni is highly endemic, such as in fishing villages along the Lake Victoria shores in east Africa [13], the migratory behaviour of fishermen and women [14], multiple sexual partner networks [11], living in ...
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