Single Versus Double Dose Praziquantel Comparison on Efficacy and Schistosoma mansoni Re-Infection in Preschool-Age Children in Uganda: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Autor: Allen Nalugwa, Fred Nuwaha, Edridah Muheki Tukahebwa, Annette Olsen

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 5, p e0003796 (2015)

BACKGROUND:Schistosoma mansoni infection is proven to be a major health problem of preschool-age children in sub-Saharan Africa, yet this age category is not part of the schistosomiasis control program. The objective of this study was to compare the

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Regression of Schistosoma mansoni associated morbidity among Ugandan preschool children following praziquantel treatment: A randomised trial

Autor: Annette Olsen, Fred Nuwaha, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Allen Nalugwa

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259338 (2021)
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
Nalugwa, A, Tukahebwa, E M, Olsen, A & Nuwaha, F 2021, ' Regression of Schistosoma mansoni associated morbidity among Ugandan preschool children following praziquantel treatment : A randomised trial ', PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 11, e0259338 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259338
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Preschool children suffer from morbidity attributable to Schistosoma mansoni. We compared a single and double dose of praziquantel treatment on the regression of S. mansoni associated morbidity in children less than six years in Uganda. We measured t

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The ITS2 of the genus Bulinus: Novel secondary structure among freshwater snails and potential new taxonomic markers

Autor: Aslak Jørgensen, David Rollinson, Silvester Nyakaana, J. R. Stothard, Allen Nalugwa, Henry Madsen

Publikováno v: Acta Tropica. 128:218-225

The freshwater snail genus Bulinus has been intensively investigated due to its role as intermediate host for trematode blood flukes that cause the debilitating disease schistosomiasis in man and livestock. Owing to taxonomic ambiguities within Bulin

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.05.009

A molecular phylogenetic analysis ofBulinus(Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with conserved nuclear genes

Autor: Silvester Nyakaana, Thomas K. Kristensen, J. Russell Stothard, Aslak Jørgensen, Allen Nalugwa, David Rollinson, Henry Madsen

Publikováno v: Zoologica Scripta. 40:126-136

Jorgensen, A., Madsen, H., Nalugwa, A., Nyakaana, S., Rollinson, D., Stothard, J. R. & Kristensen, T. K. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of Bulinus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with conserved nuclear genes. —Zoologica Scripta, 40, 126–136. Mutatio

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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00458.x

AWARENESS OF BILHARZIA AMONG FISHING COMMUNITIES ALONG LAKE VICTORIA SHORELINE IN BUIKWE DISTRICT, UGANDA

Autor: Adrian, Lule Frank, Bweete Paul, Nakamya Victoria, Obbo Demba Jude

Schistosomiasis commonly known as “snail fever” or “bilharzia” is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode worms) of genus Schistosoma and affects hundreds of millions of people and accounts for more than 40% of the global health

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