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Tag Archives: schistosomiasis
Epidemiology and control of intestinal schistosomiasis on the Sesse Islands, Uganda: integrating malacology and parasitology to tailor local treatment recommendations
Background: Intestinal schistosomiasis is often widespread among the populations living around Lake Victoria and on its islands. The Sesse Island group (containing some 84 islands), however, is typically assumed to be a low prevalence zone, with limited transmission, but has … Continue reading
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Tagged Conditions and Diseases, Diagnostic, Health, infectious diseases, Lake Victoria, schistosomiasis, Uganda, Urine
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FMRFamide-Like Peptides (FLPs) Enhance Voltage-Gated Calcium Currents to Elicit Muscle Contraction in the Human Parasite Schistosoma mansoni
Image via Wikipedia Author Summary Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) is caused by infection with trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. The disease afflicts over 200 million people, with the bulk of the disease burden focused in some of the world’s poorest countries. Schistosomiasis … Continue reading
Posted in Neglected tropical disease
Tagged Biology, Calcium, Conditions and Diseases, Health, parasitic worm, protein, schistosomiasis, Trematoda
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Development and Validation of a Quantitative, High-Throughput, Fluorescent-Based Bioassay to Detect Schistosoma Viability
Image via Wikipedia Author Summary With only one effective drug, praziquantel, currently used to treat most worldwide cases of schistosomiasis, there exists a pressing need to identify alternative anthelmintics before the development of praziquantel-resistant schistosomes removes our ability to combat … Continue reading
Posted in Neglected tropical disease
Tagged anthelmintics, bioassay, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Business, compound libraries, enabling technology, Health, high throughput, In vitro, In vivo, industrial settings, microscopic examination, novel drug, Pharmaceuticals, praziquantel, quantifiable, Schistosoma, Schistosoma mansoni, schistosome, schistosomes, schistosomiasis, source development, tropical disease, vaccine targets, viability, vivo experimentation, wikipedia
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Integrated Surveys of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Southern Sudan: How Much Do They Cost and Can They Be Refined?
Image via Wikipedia Author Summary Control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is suggested to be more cost-effective when drugs are co-administered through a single integrated delivery system rather than separate systems. An essential prerequisite for such efficiency gains is sufficient … Continue reading
Posted in Neglected tropical disease
Tagged additional research, african countries, consumables, cost drivers, cost estimates, efficiency gains, efficient use, filariasis, Health, implementation unit, Infection, integrated control, integrated delivery system, lf, Methodology, modified versions, Neglected diseases, neglected tropical diseases, ntd, prerequisite, sampling, schistosomiasis, separate systems, soil, southern sudan, survey method
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State of the World's Vaccines and Immunizations
At the Sabin Vaccine Institute, we’re firm believers in the powerful role that vaccines and immunizations play in reducing needless suffering from infectious and neglected tropical diseases. Our convictions were confirmed in the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and World … Continue reading
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Tagged collaborative spirit, debilitation, development initiative, enormous burden, firm believers, global health, health interventions, history of vaccine, hookworm infection, millennium development goals, neglected tropical diseases, sabin vaccine institute, schistosomiasis, treatable diseases, unicef, vaccine advocacy, vaccine development, vaccine preventable diseases, vaccinology, world health organization
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Surveys for major neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa can be integrated
It is possible to simultaneously survey a number of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the challenging environment of Southern Sudan, according to a new study published October 27 in the open-access journalPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The research, coordinated by Malaria … Continue reading
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Tagged bahr, blood samples, cost effectiveness, endemic diseases, government of southern sudan, hookworm, juba, lymphatic filariasis, mass treatment, ministry of health, mounir, neglected tropical diseases, open access, pieces of the puzzle, prevalence, schistosomiasis, southern sudanese, survey protocol, urine samples, worm infections
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A Comparative Study of the Spatial Distribution of Schistosomiasis in Mali in 1984–1989 and 2004–2006
Geostatistical maps are increasingly being used to plan neglected tropical disease control programmes. We investigated the spatial distribution of schistosomiasis in Mali prior to implementation of national donor-funded mass chemotherapy programmes using data from 1984–1989 and 2004–2006. The 2004–2006 dataset … Continue reading
Sustainable interventions key to successful schistosomiasis control
A decade after the conclusion of a schistosomiasis control program in Mali, prevalence of the disease had regressed to pre-intervention levels, according to a study published May 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The researchers, led by … Continue reading
