Uncontrolled peripheral urbanisation coupled with environmental degradation has affected the status of schistosomiasis in Pernambuco (PE), Brazil. This endemic disease continues to perpetuate its transmission in rural areas and has also become a cause for concern in coastal towns of the state. The lack of basic infrastructure (sanitation and health programmes) to support the new urban areas lea...

abstract background: schistosoma haematobium is a parasite that is carried by freshwater snails and induces gastrointestinal and urinary disease, depending on its species. in khoozestan, one of the provinces in iran, schistosomiasis was endemic. this study reports the results of schistosomiasis control in this region. methods: from 1981 to 2001 nearly 650 villages and 20 cities were under surve...

background: schistosomiasis and soil transmitted infection is a major health problem of children from rural areas of developing countries including yemen. in an attempt to reduce this burden, the ministry of public health and population in yemen established in 2002 a programme for schisto-somal, soil transmitted infection control that aimed to reduce morbidity and prevalence rates of schistosom...

Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 1000e103 Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that afflicts over 200 million people worldwide, causing visceral organ disturbance, and impairing growth and cognitive development in children [1]. The etiological agents of human schistosomiasis are the blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, including S. mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. japonicum. S. mansoni is blamed for ove...

Background Schistosomiasis is a tropical infectious disease in which early diagnosis and treatment can prevent serious illness. This study examined the incidence of schistosomiasis Norwegian exchange students who had been exposed to freshwater Africa. Material method Students (n = 318) from Bergen Oslo travelled Africa as part an programme period 2003-18, were contacted included if they during ...

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 This study aimed to detect the presence of urinary schistosomiasis, associated risk factors and its impact on blood parameters among Almajiris in two selected rural communities Kaduna State. Urine samples were collected from 193 Almajiri subjects processed by sedimentation method examined under microscope. Blood also using SWELAB auto analyser for full count. A well-structured kn...

In his clinical vignette on schistosomiasis in this issue of The Yale Journal Dr. Gil-berto Reboucas shows us that the art of medicine is not yet dead. As he compares and contrasts schistosomiasis with cirrhosis, he opens our eyes to a number of fascinating and exciting aspects of schistosomiasis. More important, he exposes the myopic provincialism of some of our concepts of schistosomiasis as ...

BACKGROUND Globally school-age children, adolescents and young adults bear the highest burden of schistosomiasis. When developing a specific intervention to improve community's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs), existing KAPs must be taken into account. Therefore, this study was designed to determine schoolchildren's KAPs on schistosomiasis in the study area. METHODS A cross-sectiona...

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease and its distribution, in space and time, can be influenced by environmental factors such as rivers, elevation, slope, land surface temperature, land use/cover and rainfall. The aim of this study is to identify the areas with suitable conditions for schistosomiasis transmission on the basis of physical and environmental factors derived from satellite imager...

BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis is a major health problem adversely affecting the health of vulnerable populations in Sudan. METHODS We conducted a school-based survey to estimate the prevalence of schistosomiasis in 36 villages in Southern Kordofan (SK) State. A total of 2,302 primary school students were recruited. Each student completed a questionnaire and submitted one urine and one stool samp...