Immunological control of schistosomiasis.

4 Control of Schistosomiasis

Schistomiasis is a disease caused by digenetic trematodes that belong to the family Schistosomatoidae. Five species of Schistosomes are involved in human infection. The three principal agents are Schistosoma mansoni and S. japonicum which are responsible for intestinal schistosomiasis and S. haematobium, the aetiologic agent of urinary schistosomiasis. The other two species responsible for inte...

Control of Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis control in Brazil.

In 1975 the Special Programme for Schistosomiasis Control was introduced in Brazil with the objective of controlling this parasitic disease in six northeastern states. The methodology applied varied largely from state to state, but was based mainly on chemotherapy, This Programme was modified about ten years after it beginning with the main goals including control of morbidity and the blockage ...

control of the optical properties of nanoparticles by laser fields

در این پایان نامه، درهمتنیدگی بین یک سیستم نقطه کوانتومی دوگانه(مولکول نقطه کوانتومی) و میدان مورد مطالعه قرار گرفته است. از آنتروپی ون نیومن به عنوان ابزاری برای بررسی درهمتنیدگی بین اتم و میدان استفاده شده و تاثیر پارامترهای مختلف، نظیر تونل زنی(که توسط تغییر ولتاژ ایجاد می شود)، شدت میدان و نسبت دو گسیل خودبخودی بر رفتار درجه درهمتنیدگی سیستم بررسی شده اشت.با تغییر هر یک از این پارامترها، در...

Global trends in schistosomiasis control.

a Department of Community Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Correspondence to Myra Taylor (e-mail: [email protected]). doi:10.2471/BLT.08.058669 Schistosomiasis remains a global health problem in the 21st century with an estimated 200 million people in 74 countries infected, of whom 85% are living in sub-Saharan Africa.1 In 2001, at the 54th World Health Assembly, ev...