[HTML][HTML] Schistosomiasis with a focus on Africa

OP Aula, DP McManus, MK Jones… - Tropical medicine and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease of impoverished people and
livestock in many develo** countries in tropical Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin …

Human schistosomiasis

DG Colley, AL Bustinduy, WE Secor, CH King - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Human schistosomiasis—or bilharzia—is a parasitic disease caused by trematode flukes of
the genus Schistosoma. By conservative estimates, at least 230 million people worldwide …

Advances in the diagnosis of human schistosomiasis

KGAD Weerakoon, GN Gobert, P Cai… - Clinical microbiology …, 2015 - journals.asm.org
Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease that afflicts more than 240 million
people, including many children and young adults, in the tropics and subtropics. The …

Schistosomiasis—from immunopathology to vaccines

DP McManus, R Bergquist, P Cai… - Seminars in …, 2020 - Springer
Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) is a neglected tropical disease caused by trematode worms of
the genus Schistosoma. The transmission cycle involves human (or other mammalian) water …

Prevention and control of schistosomiasis: a current perspective

MT Inobaya, RM Olveda, TNP Chau… - Research and reports …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that ranks second only to malaria in terms of
human suffering in the tropics and subtropics. Five species are known to infect man and …

Transverse myelitis

SC Beh, BM Greenberg, T Frohman… - Neurologic …, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Transverse myelitis (TM) includes a pathobiologically heterogeneous syndrome
characterized by acute or subacute spinal cord dysfunction resulting in paresis, a sensory …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical spectrum of schistosomiasis: an update

C Carbonell, B Rodríguez-Alonso… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Schistosomiasis is a helminthic infection and one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
It is caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. It is an important public health …

Bilharzia: pathology, diagnosis, management and control

DU Olveda, Y Li, RM Olveda, AK Lam… - Tropical medicine & …, 2013 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
More than one billion people travel internationally each year and approximately 100 million
to the tropics. Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by trematode blood …

Effectiveness of screening and treatment approaches for schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis in newly-arrived migrants from endemic countries in the EU/EEA: a …

EN Agbata, RL Morton, Z Bisoffi, E Bottieau… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
We aimed to evaluate the evidence on screening and treatment for two parasitic infections—
schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis—among migrants from endemic countries arriving in …

Passage of parasites across the blood-brain barrier

W Masocha, K Kristensson - Virulence, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a structural and functional barrier that protects the central
nervous system (CNS) from invasion by blood-borne pathogens including parasites …