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Vasconcelos A, King J, Nunes-Alves C, Anderson R, Argaw D, Basanez M, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2024 Apr; 78(Suppl 2):S83-S92. PMID: 38662692
Over the past decade, considerable progress has been made in the control, elimination, and eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Despite these advances, most NTD programs have recently experienced important...
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Tienga Nkondo E, Boukeng Jatsa H, Gipwe Feussom N, Kenfack M, Membe Femoe U, Guetchueng S, et al.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med . 2022 Sep; 2022:2672150. PMID: 36159554
Schistosomiasis control remains a public health concern, and there is a need to evaluate new strategies for targeting larval and adult stages of the parasite. As is empirically used to...
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Kadji Fassi J, Boukeng Jatsa H, Membe Femoe U, Greigert V, Brunet J, Cannet C, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2022 Jul; 16(7):e0010249. PMID: 35839247
Background: Undernutrition and schistosomiasis are public health problems and often occur in low and middle-income countries. Protein undernutrition can alter the host-parasite environment system and aggravate the course of schistosomiasis....
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Doyle S, Soe M, Nejsum P, Betson M, Cooper P, Peng L, et al.
Nat Commun . 2022 Jul; 13(1):3888. PMID: 35794092
The neglected tropical disease trichuriasis is caused by the whipworm Trichuris trichiura, a soil-transmitted helminth that has infected humans for millennia. Today, T. trichiura infects as many as 500 million...
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Membe Femoe U, Boukeng Jatsa H, Greigert V, Brunet J, Cannet C, Kenfack M, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2022 Apr; 16(4):e0010382. PMID: 35446855
Background: One of the considerable challenges of schistosomiasis chemotherapy is the inefficacy of praziquantel (PZQ) at the initial phase of the infection. Immature schistosomes are not susceptible to PZQ at...
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Boukeng Jatsa H, Membe Femoe U, Dongmo C, Kamwa R, Nono Fesuh B, Tchuente L, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2022 Mar; 22(1):230. PMID: 35255836
Background: The incidence of schistosomiasis-induced male reproductive dysfunction and infertility is probably underestimated compared to female genital schistosomiasis. This study aimed to investigate the impact of Schistosoma haematobium or S....
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Stroehlein A, Korhonen P, Lee V, Ralph S, Mentink-Kane M, You H, et al.
PLoS Pathog . 2022 Feb; 18(2):e1010288. PMID: 35167626
Urogenital schistosomiasis is caused by the blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium and is one of the most neglected tropical diseases worldwide, afflicting > 100 million people. It is characterised by granulomata,...
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Membe Femoe U, Kadji Fassi J, Boukeng Jatsa H, Tchoffo Y, Amvame Nna D, Kamdoum B, et al.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med . 2022 Jan; 2022:7281144. PMID: 35047048
Despite the global efforts, schistosomiasis remains a public health problem in several tropical and subtropical countries. One of the major challenges in the fight against schistosomiasis is the interruption of...
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Kokaliaris C, Garba A, Matuska M, Bronzan R, Colley D, Dorkenoo A, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis . 2021 Dec; 22(1):136-149. PMID: 34863336
Background: Over the past 20 years, schistosomiasis control has been scaled up. Preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel is the main intervention. We aimed to assess the effect of preventive chemotherapy on...
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Barenbold O, Garba A, Colley D, Fleming F, Assare R, Tukahebwa E, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2021 Apr; 15(4):e0009310. PMID: 33819266
Background: The prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection is usually assessed by the Kato-Katz diagnostic technique. However, Kato-Katz thick smears have low sensitivity, especially for light infections. Egg count models fitted...