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 | | japonicum enhanced the liver tumour incidence in mice treated with 2-acetylaminofluorene in one experiment. | | | japonicum have been found to be positively correlated in Japan but not consistently so in China. | | | japonicum in Japan and China, the estimated relative risks for the association varied from 2 to 10. |
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| | No satisfactory alternative drug for S japonicum is available. | | | After development in the snails, cercariae emerge and penetrate the skin of humans encountered in the water. | | | Early stage - Initial penetration of skin by cercariae results in hypersensitivity and a transient pruritic., papular skin rash (swimmer's itch). |
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| | eMedicine - Schistosomiasis : Article by Michael D Nissen, BMedSc, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA |
| | Eggs of Schistosoma japonicum within the intestinal mucosa. | | | Pulmonary complications with S japonicum and S mansoni are usually only observed after the development of a collateral circulation secondary to severe hepatosplenic disease. | | | Abdominal pain may be observed with acute and chronic schistosomiasis secondary to liver and splenic enlargement (see Image 2). |
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| | TDRnews No.60 Meetings on Plasmodium vivax and Schistosoma japonicum in Asia |
| | In China, the situation seems to call for a vaccine for animal use that would reduce transmission of infection to humans; but in The Philippines, a vaccine is required for human use with the aim of reducing morbidity. | | | Of the available antigens, Sj97 (Paramyosin) is the most advanced in development, but no consensus was reached on which of the other candidates should be progressed towards clinical trials. | | | The second meeting was designed to stimulate interest among Asian researchers in developing a vaccine for Schistosomiasis japonicum. |
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| | The most significant trematodes from a clinical point of view are blood flukes, Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum and S. | | | Schistosoma mansoni in section of snail tissue (HandE) © Dr Peter Darben, Queensland University of Technology clinical parasitology collection. | | | Eggs of Schistosoma mansoni in a patient from Egypt. |
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| | Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly) |
| | Considering the symptomatic form, cerebral involvement is almost always due to Schistosoma japonicum and the spinal cord disease, caused by S. | | | Spinal cord schistosomiasis: a report of 2 cases and review enphasizing clinical aspects. | | | When associated with clinical symptoms, it is one of the most severe presentations of schistosomal infection. |
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| | Medical Dictionary: Schistosoma - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Schistosoma: Another name for Schistosomiasis (or close medical condition association). | | | Infection with Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. japonicum causes illness in humans. | | | Schistosoma: Schistosoma is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Parasitic Conditions, Fluke infections, Bladder conditions, Urinary disorders, Liver conditions |
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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/schistosoma.htm
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| | Images of schistosome eggs |
| | japonicum in which the small laterial spine can be seen. | | | A third example of a Schistosoma mansoni egg. |
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| | Schistosomiasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Schistosomiasis may 'metastasize' to different parts of the body, and this does not depend on its particular clinical profile. | | | Rather, it is the cellular infiltration resultant from the immune response that causes the pathology classically associated with schistosomiasis. | | | Occasionally central nervous system lesions occur: cerebral granulomatous disease may be caused by ectopic S. |
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| | Specialty Laboratories ::: we help doctors help patients |
| | Antibody isotype responses to Schistosoma japonicum antigens in subjects from a schistosomiasis area with repeated praziquantel chemotherapy compared with a new endemic zone in Hunan Province, P.R. China. | | | japonicum in treated and untreated populations are being defined and related to resistance to re-infection. | | | Differential cellular reactivity to adult worm antigens of patients with different clinical forms of schistosomiasis mansoni. |
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| | Schistosomiasis - Microscopy Findings |
| | The egg is typically oval and has a vestigial spine, which is better shown in Figure I. | | | A, B: Schistosoma mansoni eggs in a patient from Egypt. | | | C, D: Schistosoma mansoni eggs showing characteristic lateral spine. |
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http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/html/Frames/S-Z/Schistosomiasis/body_Schistosomiasis_mic1.htm
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| | A similar analysis led to the discovery in China of a separate triculine snail-transmitted S. sinensium complex (43), which may yet reveal new species of human schistosomes. | | | Schistosoma japonicum is also a major cause of illness in this region. | | | By both classical and molecular phylogenetic techniques, the Academy of Natural Sciences has provided evidence for the coevolution of S. japonicum with their snail vectors (41). |
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| | Estimating sensitivity and specificity of a faecal examination method for Schistosoma japonicum infection in cats, dogs, water buffaloes, pigs and rats in Western Samar and Sorsogon Provinces, The Philippines. | | | T-helper 2 cytokine responses to Sj97 predict resistance to reinfection with Schistosoma japonicum. | | | Expression, purification and human antibody response to a 67 kDa vaccine candidate for schistosomiasis japonicum. |
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http://www.brown.edu/Divisions/Medical_School/andera/person.php?id=1182
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| | Calcified Schistosoma haematobium eggs have been found in tissues of Egyptian mummies from as early as the 20th dynasty (1184-1087 BC). | | | 19 Rapidly detectingSchistosoma japonicum -specific antibody in sera of Chinese patients. | | | The Influence of MNNG on the Proliferation of Cultured Cells from Adult Schistosoma japonicum DONG Huifen JIANG Mingsen MING Zhenping ZHONG Qinping Department of Medical Parasitology and Research Laboratory of Schistosomiasis, Medical College of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071 AIM To study the function of MNNG on the proliferation of cultured cells from adult Schistosoma japonicum. |
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http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/schisto/prcschisto/Wuhan.doc
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| | Distribution of Schistosomiasis |
| | japonicum, which vary considerably in their pathogenicity, drug sensitivity, morphology and infectivity. | | | japonicum is found in the Far East, particularly China and the Philippines, but not any longer in Japan where successful control programs have been implemented. | | | japonicum - like species may also exist in Thailand. |
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http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/Background/Distribution.html
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| | Dr. B. Kalinna |
| | This technique will be an important step towards understanding the biology of the parasite and to develop new vaccines and anthelminthics. | | | Donald McManus he changed fields and since then has been working with schistosomes. | | | Differential antigen-stimulated proliferation of human mononuclear cells by recombinant Schistosoma japonicum antigens in a Chinese population. |
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| | Bio160: Development of Vaccines |
| | Resistance to Schistosoma mansoni in humans: Influence of the IgE/IgG4 balance and IgG2 in Immunity to reinfection after chemotherapy. | | | This administration of IL-12 as an adjuvant has been shown to potentiate Th1-mediated immune responses and induce resistance to reinfection. | | | In addition to these protein candidate antigens for vaccines, another interesting approach to schistosomiasis vaccine development inivolves the irradiation of the cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni. |
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http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Bio_160/Projects1999/schisto/schistobody.html
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| | QIMR Website - Molecular Parasitology Laboratory |
| | Pearson, M.S., McManus, D.P., Smyth, D.J., Lewis, F.A., Loukas, A. In vitro and in silico analysis of signal peptides from the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni. | | | We are also working on aspects of the schistosome genome and the worm surface, which may impact on vaccine and drug development. | | | Research projects are available within the Molecular Parasitology Laboratory for BSc Honours, MMedSci and PhD students interested in working in the schistosomiasis, hydatid and nematode biology areas. |
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| | Anti-interleukin-4 treatment diminishes secretion of Th2 cytokines and inhibits hepatic fibrosis in murine ... |
| | Cheever AW; Finkelman FD; Cox TM; Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy; and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,; MD 20892, USA. | | | The number of eggs per worm pair in the tissues and feces did not differ significantly in treated and untreated mice. | | | Hepatic fibrosis was markedly diminished in anti-IL-4-treated-mice at ten weeks of infection while granulomas around S. japonicum eggs in the livers were slightly-to-moderately increased in size. |
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| | Qiu DC, Hubbard AE, Zhong B, Zhang Y, Spear RC (2005) A matched, case-control study of the association between Schistosoma japonicum and liver and colon cancers, in rural China. | | | Xu B, Gong P, Seto E, Liang S, Yang C, Wen S, Qiu D, Gu X, Spear RC (2005) A spatial-temporal model for assessing the effects of inter-village connectivity in Schistosomiasis transmission. | | | Liang S, Spear RC, Seto E, Hubbard A, Qiu D (2005) A multi-group model of Schistosoma japonicum transmission dynamics and control: model calibration and control prediction. |
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http://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/superfund/about/spear.htm
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| | Feasibility study towards effectiveness of health education intervention for reducing the risk of porcine cysticercosis in Mbulu district, Tanzania. | | | Part I: A Bayesian cumulative logit modeling approach. | | | Carabin H, Guyatt HL, Engels D. A comparative analysis of the cost-effectiveness of treatment based on parasitological and symptomatic screening for Schistosoma mansoni in Burundi. |
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| | STAC Member: Dr Niels Ornjberg Christensen |
| | Chandiwana, S., Ørnbjerg, N. Review of North-South and South-South cooperation and conditions necessary to sustain research capability in developing countries. | | | Schistosoma japonicum infection in the pig as a model for human Schistosomiasis japonica, Acta Tropica, 2000, 76, 85-99 | | | Johansen, M.V., Ørnbjerg, N. Prenatal Schistosoma Japonicum infection in piglets: effect of repeated exposure of the dams on treatment efficacy and susceptibility to challenge infections. |
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| | Third, it is important to juxtapose these observations with trends observed over the same period, but with an emphasis on soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis. | | | These decreases are the result of socioeconomic development and chemotherapy-based illness control programs that largely depend on treatment with praziquantel, albendazole, and mebendazole. | | | In many parts of Southeast Asia, including China, the number of people infected with Schistosoma japonicum and the major soil-transmitted helminths (i.e., Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworms, and Trichuris trichiura) has decreased (38,39). |
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| | Spear RC, Hubbard A, Liang S, Seto E (2002) Disease transmission models for public Health decision-making: towards an approach for designing intervention strategies for Schistosomiasis japonicum. | | | Liang S, Maszle D, Spear RC (2002) A quantitative framework for a multi-group model of Schistosomiasis japonicum transmission dynamics and control in Sichuan, China. | | | Hurshman AR, Marletta MA (2002) Reactions catalyzed by the heme domain of inducible nitric oxide synthase: evidence for the involvement of tetrahydrobiopterin in electron transfer. |
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| | Kinetic studies of a quantitative single-tube enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. | | | Schistosoma haematobium infection despite multiple courses of therapy with praziquantel. | | | Enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot techniques (EITB) for studying the specificities of antigens and antibodies separated by gel electrophoresis. |
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| | WHO Schisto Data |
| | Schistosoma haematobium is responsible for urinary symptoms and disease in Africa and the Middle East. | | | Intestinal symptoms and disease are due to S. intercalatum, S. japonicum, S. mansoni and S. mekongi infections. | | | As an example, S. japonicum which accounted for most of the transmission among the three major schistosome species and was the most difficult to control, due to its zoonotic nature, has now been effectively controlled in many areas. |
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http://www.geog.umn.edu/courses/1403/whoschisto.htm
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| | Snails as intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni |
| | Picture left: Schistosoma mansoni — one of the pathogen causes responsible for the illness Bilharziosis or Schistosomiasis. | | | Bilharziosis or Bilharzias is a tropical illness named after the German doctor Theodor Bilharz, who found it in 1852. | | | The most important species are Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma japonicum. |
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| | AccessMedicine - Harrison's Internal Medicine: Blood Flukes: Schistosomiasis |
| | Topics Discussed: schistosoma haematobium infection; schistosoma intercalatum; schistosoma japonicum; schistosoma mansoni; schistosoma mekongi; schistosomal hepatomegaly; schistosomatidae; schistosomiasis; schistosomiasis, cutaneous; schistosomiasis, hepatic, chronic; schistosomiasis, pulmonary. | | | Infection may cause considerable morbidity in the intestines, liver, and urinary tract, and a proportion of affected individuals die. | | | "Human schistosomiasis is caused by five species of this parasitic trematode: the intestinal species Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, S. mekongi, and S. intercalatum and the urinary species S. haematobium. |
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| | Schistosoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A genus of trematodes, Schistosoma spp., commonly known as blood-flukes and bilharzia, cause the most important human helminth infection (schistosomiasis) from a world health perspective, and are considered by the World Health Organization as second in importance only to malaria, with hundreds of millions infected worldwide. | | | Eggs are passed through urine or feces to fresh water, where larval stages can infect a new host by penetrating the skin. | | | japonicum whose common name is simply blood fluke is found widely spread in Eastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific region. |
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| | Schistosomiasis |
| | The life cycle of the parasite is outlined here and common therapies for the disease are presented. | | | One mated pair of S. japonicum produces about 3000 eggs per day, some of which pass through the membranes of the bowels and are excreted in stool. | | | At least 37 vertebrate hosts have been identified in China for S. japonicum including humans, pigs, cattle, dogs, cats, ducks, and rodents. |
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| | Tropeduweb / Factsheets: Parasital Classification Trematodes |
| | Schistosoma mekongi resembling to Schistosoma japonicum is responsible for the most cases reported from Indochina. | | | Schistosoma japonicum infections are similar to that of Schistosoma mansoni. | | | Humans are the only important host of the urinary schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium. |
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| | To the present moment, the use of PCR as a method for diagnosing human Schistosomiasis has never been related. | | | Each primer of the pair is, preferentially, constructed in a manner as to be substantially complementary to a different strand of the sequence that flanks the specific sequence of the Schistosoma sp. | | | The disease has been recorded for 4000 years and still constitutes an important problem for public health, affecting more than 200 million people in undeveloped countries. |
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http://www.wipo.int/cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=01/75148.011011&ELEMENT_SET=DECL
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| | Antigenic variation |
| | Larval forms of the parasites (known as cercariae), released by the snails, penetrate the skin of people in the water. | | | mansoni, S. japonicum), but some eggs are trapped in body tissues. | | | Immune reactions to eggs lodged in tissues are the cause of disease. |
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| | Sharp, J.G., W.R. Hanson, and J.W. Osborne, The relationship between the compensatory response in the stomach and colon and the extent of small bowel resection in the rat. | | | Hsü, S.Y., H.F. Hsü, L.F. Burmeister, and J.W. Osborne, Evaluation of lung recovery assayed for schistosomula in mice immunized with X-irradiated cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni. | | | Hsü, H.F., S.Y. Li Hsü, and J.W. Osborne, Further studies on Rhesus monkeys immunized against Schistosoma japonicum by administration of X-irradiated cercariae. |
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| | schistosomiasis - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about schistosomiasis |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | schistosomiasis (shĭs`təsōmī`əsĭs), bilharziasis, or snail fever, parasitic disease caused by blood flukes, trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/schistosomiasis
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| | japonicum is limited to China and the Philippines and can infect other mammals, in addition to humans, such as pigs, dogs, and water buffalos. | | | Intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, S. mekongi, mansoni, and S. | | | There are five species of schistosomes that are prevalent in different areas of the world and produce somewhat different symptoms: |
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| | Schistosoma spp. (schistosomiasis, blood flukes) |
| | There are a number of species of schistosomes that can infect humans, but most human infections are caused by one of the three following species: Schistosoma mansoni; S. | | | The schistosomes are unusual trematodes in that the sexes are separate (they are dioecious), they reside in the blood vessels of the definitive host, and there are no second intermediate hosts in their life cycles. |
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| | Glutathione-S-Transferase [GST-tag] , S. japonicum form : AB3282 |
| | Reacts with Schistosoma japonicum, Most common vertebrate species tested.. | | | Reactivity with other species has not been confirmed. | | | The anti-GST antibody can be used to detect GST fusion proteins in Western blot analysis and ELISA studies. |
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| | Queen's University Belfast - Professor A.G. Maule: Publications |
| | Structure and bioactivity of neuropeptide F from the human parasites Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum. | | | Skelly, P.J., Dougan, P.M., Maule, A.G., Day, T.A. and Shoemaker, C.B. Cloning and characterization of a muscle isoform of a sodium potassium ATPase alpha subunit (SnaK1) from Schistosoma mansoni. | | | McCarthy, E., Stack, C., Donnelly, S.M., Doyle, S., Mann, V.H., Brindley, P.J., Stewart, M., Day, T.A., Maule, A.G. and Dalton, J.P. Leucine aminopeptidase of the human blood flukes, Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum. |
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| | Contig1830 - Similar to Schistosoma mansoni NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | | | Contig1507 - Similar to Schistosoma mansoni 14-3-3 epsilon 2 | | | Contig648 - Similar to Schistosoma mansoni purine-nucleoside phosphorylase |
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| | Parasitology: SchistoSim main page |
| | The major causes of the disease are Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma haematobium. | | | Transmission of the schistosomes to humans is via contact with fresh water that contains the parasite's intermediate snail host and that has been contaminated by urine or faecal material from infected individuals. | | | It is thought to infect some 200 to 300 million people across Africa, South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, China and Southeast Asia. |
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| | Schistosomiasis: Parasitic Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition |
| | The eggs of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum typically lodge in the intestine and liver, whereas those of Schistosoma hematobium typically lodge in the bladder. | | | Three species cause most of the cases of schistosomiasis in people: Schistosoma hematobium infects the urinary tract and bladder, and Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum infect the intestine. | | | The resulting inflammation can lead to scarring, and increased pressure in the veins that carry blood between the digestive tract and the liver (portal vessels). |
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