"Schistosoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of trematode flukes belonging to the family Schistosomatidae. There are over a dozen species. These parasites are found in man and other mammals. Snails are the intermediate hosts.
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D012547
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.736.715.770.680
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Schistosoma" by people in Profiles.
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Detection of soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma spp. by nucleic acid amplification test: Results of the first 5 years of the only international external quality assessment scheme. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Aug; 18(8):e0012404.
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Evaluation of antibody serology to determine current helminth and Plasmodium falciparum infections in a co-endemic area in Southern Mozambique. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 06; 16(6):e0010138.
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Schistosoma, other helminth infections, and associated risk factors in preschool-aged children in urban Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Nov; 11(11):e0006017.
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Activation of NLRP3 inflammasomes in mouse hepatic stellate cells during Schistosoma J. infection. Oncotarget. 2016 Jun 28; 7(26):39316-39331.
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Schistosome Soluble Egg Antigen Decreases Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific CD4+ T-Cell Effector Function With Concomitant Arrest of Macrophage Phago-Lysosome Maturation. J Infect Dis. 2016 08 01; 214(3):479-88.
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Living with uncertainty. Trends Parasitol. 2012 Jul; 28(7):261-6.
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Vaccinomics for the major blood feeding helminths of humans. OMICS. 2011 Sep; 15(9):567-77.
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Incidental hepatic schistosomiasis in a liver transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2012 Feb; 14(1):75-8.
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Multivalent anthelminthic vaccine to prevent hookworm and schistosomiasis. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2008 Aug; 7(6):745-52.
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Artemether, an effective new agent for chemoprophylaxis against shistosomiasis in China: its in vivo effect on the biochemical metabolism of the Asian schistosome. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2000 Dec; 31(4):724-32.