Corresponding author: Dr. Víctor Alfonso Francolugo Vélez. Pericón esquina Angélica 5o piso-502. Colonia Miraval. Cuernavaca, Mor. Telephone and Fax: (777) 314 0555. Email: [email protected] 1 Urologist. Sanatorio Henri Dunant, Professor at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Mexico. 2 Pathologist. Hospital Carlos Calero Elorduy, ISSSTE. Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico. Urinary tract...

We aimed to map the probability of Schistosoma haematobium infection being >50%, a threshold for annual mass praziquantel distribution. Parasitologic surveys were conducted in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, 2004-2006, and predictions were made by using Bayesian geostatistical models. Clusters with >50% probability of having >50% prevalence were delineated in each country.

Background: Enzymes are the biological catalysts which accelerate the various cellular reactions. In general, the enzymes alkaline phosphatase (ALPase), acid phosphatase (ACPase), 5′-nucleotidase (5′-Nu) and glucose-6phosphatase (G-6-Pase) have important roles in metabolism. In the present study, a comparative account of the localization of activity of four enzymes acid phosphatase, alkaline ph...

Schistosoma are trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomidae affecting the urinary and gastro-intestinal tracts. Riverine areas of the world such as in Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Central American and East Asia are endemic for the disease, with S. haematobium accounting for most of the symptomatic genital infection. A case of a 25-year-old woman with 8 weeks amenorrhoea, lower abdomin...

The clinical manifestations of schistosomiasis pass by acute, sub acute and chronic stages that mirror the immune response to infection. The later includes in succession innate, TH1 and TH2 adaptive stages, with an ultimate establishment of concomitant immunity. Some patients may also develop late complications, or suffer the sequelae of co-infection with other parasites, bacteria or viruses. A...

The diagnosis of parasitic worm (helminth) infections requires specialized laboratory settings, but most affected individuals reside in locations without access to such facilities. We tested two portable microscopic devices for the diagnosis of helminth infections in a cross-sectional survey in rural Côte d'Ivoire. We examined 164 stool samples under a light microscope and then re-examined with...

Although schistosomiasis is a widespread infection in the tropics, travellers are almost exclusively infected in sub-Saharan Africa, through exposure to freshwater infested with cercariae of either Schistosoma mansoni (intestinal schistosomiasis) or Schistosoma haematobium (urinary schistosomiasis) [1]. Primary infection may cause a febrile hypersensitivity reaction occurring three to 12 weeks ...