[PDF][PDF] Helminthiases; prevalence, transmission, host-parasite interactions, resistance to common synthetic drugs and treatment

OA Idris, OA Wintola, AJ Afolayan - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
The morbidity caused by parasite worms on susceptible hosts is of great concern and
studies were carried out to explain the mechanism of infection, prevalence, host-parasite …

Diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infections: what are the choices in Brazilian low-endemic areas?

V Silva-Moraes, LM Shollenberger… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
The population of Brazil is currently characterised by many individuals harbouring low-
intensity Schistosoma mansoni infections. The Kato-Katz technique is the diagnostic method …

[HTML][HTML] Resource constrained innovation in a technology intensive sector: Frugal medical devices from manufacturing firms in South Africa

S Chakravarty - Technovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Most medical devices are designed by western firms from efficient innovation systems with a
focus on their home markets. A disproportionately high percentage of imported medical …

[HTML][HTML] Low specificity of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POCCCA) diagnostic test in a non-endemic area for schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil

C Graeff-Teixeira, V Favero, VF Pascoal, RP de Souza… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
A point-of-care test for detecting schistosome circulating cathodic antigen in urine
(POCsingle bondCCA) has been proposed for mapping infection and defining prevalence …

The prevalence of schistosomiasis in Uganda: A nationally representative population estimate to inform control programs and water and sanitation interventions

NG Exum, SPS Kibira, R Ssenyonga… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background To improve schistosomiasis control programs in Uganda, where intestinal
schistosomiasis is a widespread public health problem, a country-wide assessment of the …

血吸虫病诊断技术研究进展

宋兰桂, 吴忠道 - 中国血吸虫病防治杂志, 2022 - zgxfzz.com
[摘要] 血吸虫病是一种重要的人兽共患寄生虫病, 被WHO 归类为被忽视的热带病. 经过70
年的努力, 我国血吸虫病防控工作取得了巨大成就, 血吸虫感染率和致残致死率显著下降 …

Is POC-CCA a truly reliable test for schistosomiasis diagnosis in low endemic areas? The trace results controversy

JM Peralta, MG Cavalcanti - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In the last decade, development of point-of-care platforms (POCs) for diagnosis of infectious
diseases or rapid tests (RTs) has increased in order to attend to the need for reliable …

Parasite-derived circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for the detection of human Schistosoma japonicum infection

Y Mu, P Cai, RM Olveda, AG Ross, DU Olveda… - Parasitology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Novel tools for early diagnosis and monitoring of schistosomiasis are urgently needed. This
study aimed to validate parasite-derived miRNAs as potential novel biomarkers for the …

Comparison of Kato Katz, antibody-based ELISA and droplet digital PCR diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica: lessons learnt from a setting of low infection intensity

P Cai, KG Weerakoon, Y Mu, RM Olveda… - PLoS Neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Zoonotic schistosomiasis in Asia, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, remains a
major public health concern in China and the Philippines. The developing epidemiological …

Performance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test in the diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica in a human cohort from Northern Samar, the Philippines

P Cai, Y Mu, KG Weerakoon, RM Olveda… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2021 - mednexus.org
Background: Zoonotic schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, remains a major
public health problem in the Philippines. This study aimed to evaluate the commercially …