The diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Italy in a retrospective cohort of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa
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DOI: 10.1007/s15010-019-01270-0
Abstract: ObjectivesTo evaluate ultrasound and praziquantel to, respectively, assess and reduce urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS)-associated morbidity in migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).MethodsMigrants from SSA with UGS attending three Italian centres for tropical diseases during 2011–2016 were retrospectively… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; sub saharan; urogenital schistosomiasis; praziquantel ... See more keywords
Urogenital Schistosomiasis—Evidence-Based Benefits of Treatment Initiated Early During Childhood
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DOI: 10.1007/s40588-017-0077-3
Abstract: Purpose of ReviewUrogenital schistosomiasis, caused by the helminth parasite Schistosoma haematobium, is one of the most important childhood public health problems in Africa, compromising child growth and development and usually causing irreversible damage in life… read more here.
Keywords: schistosomiasis; childhood; treatment; urogenital schistosomiasis ... See more keywords
Urogenital schistosomiasis and hybridization between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis in adults living in Richard-Toll, Senegal
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182018001415
Abstract: Abstract Since the construction of the Diama Dam (1985), the epidemiology of schistosomiasis along the Senegal River Basin (SRB) has been extremely dynamic with outbreaks of both intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis. In the early 2000s,… read more here.
Keywords: richard toll; schistosoma; epidemiology; urogenital schistosomiasis ... See more keywords
Management of imported complicated urogenital schistosomiasis in Europe: a TropNet retrospective study.
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DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taac150
Abstract: BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis is a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) caused by trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. Schistosoma haematobium causes urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS), a chronic disease characterized by pathology of the urogenital tract leading to potentially severe… read more here.
Keywords: complicated urogenital; management imported; urogenital schistosomiasis; schistosomiasis ... See more keywords
Interleukin-4 Signaling Plays a Major Role in Urogenital Schistosomiasis-Associated Bladder Pathogenesis
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DOI: 10.1128/iai.00669-19
Abstract: Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is crucial in many helminth infections, but its role in urogenital schistosomiasis, infection with Schistosoma haematobium worms, remains poorly understood due to a historical lack of animal models. The bladder pathology of urogenital… read more here.
Keywords: pathology; bladder; urogenital schistosomiasis; role urogenital ... See more keywords
MATERNAL UROGENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS, MONITORING DISEASE MORBIDITY BY SIMPLE REAGENT STRIPS
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000260.176
Abstract: Background Urine analysis is one of the recommended antenatal guidelines for early diagnosis of pregnancy-associated complications. While urine analysis by dipstick had been used in practice to provide useful information on other urinary tract infections,… read more here.
Keywords: schistosomiasis; maternal urogenital; reagent strips; pregnant women ... See more keywords
Urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS) and female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) in Cameroon: an observational assessment of key reproductive health determinants of girls and women in the Matta Health Area
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063392
Abstract: Objectives and setting Across sub-Saharan Africa, urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS), in particular female genital schistosomiasis (FGS), is a significant waterborne parasitic disease, with its direct burden on the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of sufferers infrequently… read more here.
Keywords: health; fgs; schistosomiasis ugs; urogenital schistosomiasis ... See more keywords
Haematological Profile and Intensity of Urogenital Schistosomiasis in Ghanaian Children
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DOI: 10.1155/2017/4248325
Abstract: Background Urogenital schistosomiasis is a widely contracted parasitic helminth infection often associated with haematological abnormalities. Aim We investigated the relationship between the haematological profile and the intensity of schistosomiasis among children in the Yeji district.… read more here.
Keywords: haematological profile; urogenital schistosomiasis; profile intensity; cell ... See more keywords
A 5-Year intervention study on elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis in Zanzibar: Parasitological results of annual cross-sectional surveys
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007268
Abstract: Background The Zanzibar Elimination of Schistosomiasis Transmission (ZEST) project aimed to eliminate urogenital schistosomiasis as a public health problem from Pemba and to interrupt Schistosoma haematobium transmission from Unguja in 5 years. Methodology A repeated… read more here.
Keywords: zanzibar; schistosomiasis; intervention; cross sectional ... See more keywords
Effectiveness of antimalarial drug combinations in treating concomitant urogenital schistosomiasis in malaria patients in Lambaréné, Gabon: A non-randomised event-monitoring study
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010899
Abstract: Background Urogenital schistosomiasis is prevalent in many malaria endemic regions of sub-Saharan Africa and can lead to long-term health consequences if untreated. Antimalarial drugs used to treat uncomplicated malaria have shown to exert some activity… read more here.
Keywords: concomitant urogenital; artesunate pyronaridine; urogenital schistosomiasis; schistosomiasis ... See more keywords
Urogenital schistosomiasis prevalence and diagnostic performance of urine filtration and urinalysis reagent strip in schoolchildren, Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271569
Abstract: Background Urogenital schistosomiasis has been known to be endemic in several lowland areas of Ethiopia. It is caused by Schistosoma haematobium and causes considerable public health problems to schoolchildren. Ethiopia, after mapping the distribution of… read more here.
Keywords: urinalysis reagent; urogenital schistosomiasis; reagent strip; schistosomiasis ... See more keywords