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  1. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Schistosomiasis | OriginalPaper

    Assessing urogenital schistosomiasis and female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) among adolescents in Anaocha, Anambra State, Nigeria: implications for ongoing control efforts

  2. 12-01-2024 | Schistosomiasis | OriginalPaper

    Pediatric urogenital schistosomiasis diagnosed in France

    Schistosomiasis, classified as a neglected disease according to the World Health Organization [ 1 ], is a parasitic disease caused by six species of the Schistosoma genus. The most prevalent species are Schistosoma haematobium ( Sh ) and …

  3. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Schistosomiasis | OriginalPaper

    Mass drug administration campaigns: comparing two approaches for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths prevention and control in selected Southern Malawi districts

    Malawi is endemic for several neglected tropical diseases (NTD) and since 1994 studies have shown schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) as of major public health importance [ 1 ]. These diseases require special attention due to their …

  4. 15-01-2024 | Schistosomiasis | Letter

    Spinal cord schistosomiasis in a 6-year-old child with complete recovery after spine surgery and medical treatment: case report and discussion

    Spinal cord schistosomiasis is a rare and severe form of schistosomiasis. The prognosis is largely conditioned by early diagnosis and treatment. The authors present a case of spinal cord schistosomiasis complicated by spinal cord compression …

  5. Open Access 01-12-2023 | Schistosomiasis | OriginalPaper

    DNA methylation profiles in urothelial bladder cancer tissues and children with schistosomiasis from Eggua, Ogun State, Nigeria

  6. 08-07-2023 | Schistosomiasis | ReviewPaper

    Schistosomiasis: Hepatosplenic Disease and Portal Hypertensive Complications

    Schistosomiasis is a helminth infection that affects over 250 million people worldwide, with an estimated 11,500 deaths reported annually [ 1 , 2 •]. Schistosomiasis is associated with a lower socioeconomic health status and poverty, and the …

  7. Open Access 01-12-2023 | Schistosomiasis | ReviewPaper

    The trend of schistosomiasis related bladder cancer in the lake zone, Tanzania: a retrospective review over 10 years period

    Human schistosomiasis is one of the 21 neglected tropical diseases [ 16 ]. It is endemic in 78 countries affecting about 240 million people worldwide and 700 million people are at risk of infection [ 24 , 50 ]. The disease is caused by a parasitic …

  8. Open Access 01-12-2023 | Urothelial Cancer | OriginalPaper

    Hypercalcemia–leukocytosis syndrome from non-schistosomiasis-associated squamous cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a case report and review of the literature

    Hypercalcemia–leukocytosis syndrome (HLS) as a paraneoplastic syndrome (PNS) of bladder cancers is rare, although it is documented in anaplastic thyroid, lung, and penile squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) [ 1 , 2 ]. Non-schistosomiasis-associated …

  9. Open Access 19-07-2023 | Schistosomiasis | ReviewPaper

    Diagnosis and management of complicated urogenital schistosomiasis: a systematic review of the literature

    Schistosomiasis is a parasitic neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by trematodes belonging to the genus Schistosoma . There are two main clinical forms of the disease, the gastrointestinal and the urogenital. Urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS) is …

  10. Open Access 01-12-2023 | Praziquantel | Letter

    Investigation on birth weight outcomes in schistosomiasis and praziquantel research: a correspondence

    Infection with Schistosoma sp. during pregnancy can cause low birth weight of the newborn. To allow a better differentiation between newborns with low birth weight and those with normal weight, the terms of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) …

  11. Open Access 01-12-2022 | Varicocele | OriginalPaper

    Reduction of testosterone levels in Schistosoma haematobium- or Schistosoma mansoni-infected men: a cross-sectional study in two schistosomiasis-endemic areas of the Adamawa region of Cameroon

    Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic disease caused by Schistosoma blood flukes. In Cameroon, three species of human schistosomes occur S. haematobium, S. mansoni, and S. guineensis . People are infected while exposed to infested water during …

  12. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Hemorrhoids | OriginalPaper

    The clinical features of chronic intestinal schistosomiasis-related intestinal lesions

    Schistosomiasis is a serious zoonotic epidemic and infectious parasitic disease that can cause liver, spleen, gastrointestinal and many other organ lesions. As the place where all types of schistosoma grow and mature, liver fibrosis and atrophy …

  13. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | OriginalPaper

    Surgical management outcome of cerebral schistosomiasis: a case report and review of the literature

    Schistosomiasis is estimated to affect more than 200 million people worldwide, who are infected by contact with contaminated water [ 1 ]. Central nervous system manifestations are a result of the inflammatory response to egg deposition; recent …

  14. Open Access 01-12-2023 | Schistosomiasis | OriginalPaper

    Health-seeking behaviour regarding schistosomiasis treatment in the absence of a mass drug administration (MDA) program: the case of endemic communities along Lake Albert in Western Uganda

    Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTD) that affect a significant proportion of the world’s population and is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa [ 1 ]. Of all the species, Schistosoma mansoni (intestinal schistosomiasis) …

  15. 01-05-2021 | Portal Vein Thrombosis | OriginalPaper

    Positive consequences of splenectomy for patients with schistosomiasis-induced variceal bleeding

  16. 08-04-2023 | Schistosomiasis | BriefCommunication

    A case of chronic schistosomiasis in a Dongola stallion (Equus ferus caballus Linnaeus, 1758) from Nigeria

    Schistosomiasis is a worldwide snail-borne parasitic infestation of man and animals with acute or chronic phases having devastating sequelae. The present case report focused on post-mortem examination of a cachexic Dongola stallion (Equus ferus …

  17. 01-06-2020 | Gastric Cancer | OriginalPaper

    Schistosomiasis Misleading Gastric Cancer Treatment

    Gastric cancer (GC) is the 5th most common cancer and the 3rd leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide [ 1 ]. Gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy is considered the standard surgical treatment for locally advanced GC [ 2 ]. Recently …

  18. Open Access 01-12-2020 | Schistosomiasis | OriginalPaper

    Association of schistosomiasis and risk of prostate cancer development in residents of Murehwa rural community, Zimbabwe

    Prostatic male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) and prostate cancer co-existence cases, have been reported since the 1980s [ 1 ] and continue to recur as recently reported by Lodhia et. al. (2020) [ 2 ]. Prostate cancer is a common urogenital …

  19. 01-10-2020 | Echinococcosis | OriginalPaper

    Hospitalization for Chagas disease, dengue, filariasis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis, and Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis, Italy, 2011–2016

    Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases of various etiology (bacterial, viral, helminthic, and protozoan), chronically endemic in tropical areas, with extremely negative impact on development of poor populations, critically …

  20. Open Access 07-07-2023 | Schistosomiasis | ReviewPaper

    Schistosomiasis in non-endemic areas: Italian consensus recommendations for screening, diagnosis and management by the Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (SIMET), endorsed by the Committee for the Study of Parasitology of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (CoSP-AMCLI), the Italian Society of Parasitology (SoIPa), the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy (SIGE), the Italian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SIGO), the Italian Society of

    Human schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease caused by trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma . It affects people living in tropical and subtropical regions where approximately 780 million people are at risk[ 1 ].

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