Multisystem imaging review of human schistosomiasis: characteristic imaging findings.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.01.011
Abstract: Human schistosomiasis is one of the major tropical/subtropical parasitic diseases with significant morbidity and mortality. Although, the majority of the cases are seen within the endemic region, upsurge in recent immigration as well as frequent… read more here.
Keywords: schistosomiasis; human schistosomiasis; imaging findings; review ... See more keywords
To Reduce the Global Burden of Human Schistosomiasis, Use 'Old Fashioned' Snail Control.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.10.002
Abstract: Control strategies to reduce human schistosomiasis have evolved from 'snail picking' campaigns, a century ago, to modern wide-scale human treatment campaigns, or preventive chemotherapy. Unfortunately, despite the rise in preventive chemotherapy campaigns, just as many… read more here.
Keywords: preventive chemotherapy; control; human schistosomiasis; snail control ... See more keywords
Human and livestock trematode infections in a mobile pastoralist setting at Lake Chad: added value of a One Health approach beyond zoonotic diseases research
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DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trx051
Abstract: Background At Lake Chad in Central Africa, mobile pastoralists face economic losses due to livestock trematodiases. Fasciola gigantica and Schistosoma bovis-trematodes that affect livestock-share transmission ecology traits with Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni that cause… read more here.
Keywords: schistosomiasis; human schistosomiasis; livestock; lake chad ... See more keywords
Vaccines for Human Schistosomiasis: Recent Progress, New Developments and Future Prospects
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DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042255
Abstract: Schistosomiasis, caused by human trematode blood flukes (schistosomes), remains one of the most prevalent and serious of the neglected tropical parasitic diseases. Currently, treatment of schistosomiasis relies solely on a single drug, the anthelmintic praziquantel,… read more here.
Keywords: human schistosomiasis; progress; schistosomiasis; vaccines human ... See more keywords