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Capacities and needs of health care facilities for schistosomiasis diagnosis and management in elimination settings
BackgroundSchistosomiasis is a debilitating neglected tropical disease endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The role of health facilities in the...
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Optimized strategy for schistosomiasis elimination: results from marginal benefit modeling
BackgroundPoverty contributes to the transmission of schistosomiasis via multiple pathways, with the insufficiency of appropriate interventions being...
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Spatial Cluster Change of Schistosoma japonicum Transmission Foci in Indonesia During the Schistosomiasis Elimination Program
PurposeThe Government of Indonesia committed to eliminating schistosomiasis by 2025. Collaboratively snail control became one of the crucial...
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Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, is caused by the blood fluke that resides in the blood vessels of the human hosts. It presents as an...
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Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis is one of the most widespread and debilitating helminthic diseases. The immune system strives to be protective vis-à-vis Schistosoma...
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Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals a peripheral landscape of immune cells in Schistosomiasis japonica
BackgroundSchistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a devastating parasitic disease. This progressive and debilitating helminth disease is often...
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The cultural policies of schistosomiasis control in China: a historical analysis
China has a history of using cultural policies to control infectious diseases, including schistosomiasis, which was once hyperendemic in the country....
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Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis is caused by a group of trematode parasites belonging to genus Schistosoma and is a waterborne disease affecting large populations in...
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Considering ivermectin for treatment of schistosomiasis
Because of recent reports of praziquantel resistance in schistosome infections, there have been suggestions to employ ivermectin as a possible...
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History of Human Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis) in China: From Discovery to Elimination
PurposeFor the evolution of schistosomiasis in China, a systematic review was provided about the history of the disease and its public health...
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Progress from morbidity control to elimination as a public health problem of schistosomiasis and the status of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Togo: a second impact assessment after ten rounds of mass drug administration
BackgroundDue to the burden of schistosomiasis (SCH) and soil-transmitted helminths (STH), Togo Ministry of Health launched a program for Preventive...
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Human schistosomiasis in Nigeria: present status, diagnosis, chemotherapy, and herbal medicines
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by a parasitic, trematode blood fluke of the genus Schistosoma . With 20 million people...
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Schistosomiasis Control: Present Situation and Perspectives
Schistosomiasis mansoni is an infectious disease of poverty that affects over 2 million people in communities deprived of proper sanitation and safe...
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A geospatial analysis of local intermediate snail host distributions provides insight into schistosomiasis risk within under-sampled areas of southern Lake Malawi
BackgroundAlong the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, the incidence of schistosomiasis is increasing with snails of the genera Bulinus and Biomphalaria...
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Schistosomiasis: Current and Future Strategies to Develop Novel Therapeutics
A chronic human parasitic disease schistosomiasis, commonly known as bilharzia, is caused by trematode flukes belonging to the genus Schistosoma....
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Construction of an Epidemic Management Information System Leading to Schistosomiasis Elimination in Zanzibar
The information system is an important part in schistosomiasis control work. The rapid development of information technology for epidemic data has...
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A novel theatre-based behaviour change approach for influencing community uptake of schistosomiasis control measures
BackgroundAppropriate behaviour change with regard to safe water contact practices will facilitate the elimination of schistosomiasis as a public...
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Precision and geographical prevalence map** of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-aged children in selected districts of north-western Tanzania
BackgroundThe identification and map** of at-risk populations at a lower administrative level than the district are prerequisites for the planning,...
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The trend of schistosomiasis related bladder cancer in the lake zone, Tanzania: a retrospective review over 10 years period
IntroductionBladder cancer is a possible outcome of chronic urinary schistosomiasis in many endemic countries. In Tanzania, the Lake Victoria area is...
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Molecular diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis in pre-school children, school-aged children and women of reproductive age at community level in central Senegal
BackgroundUrogenital schistosomiasis is a major public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa. In Senegal, the disease is endemic in all regions of the...
