"Schistosomiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Infection with flukes (trematodes) of the genus SCHISTOSOMA. Three species produce the most frequent clinical diseases: SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM (endemic in Africa and the Middle East), SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI (in Egypt, northern and southern Africa, some West Indies islands, northern 2/3 of South America), and SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM (in Japan, China, the Philippines, Celebes, Thailand, Laos). S. mansoni is often seen in Puerto Ricans living in the United States.
| Descriptor ID |
D012552
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.865.859
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| Concept/Terms |
Schistosomiasis- Schistosomiasis
- Schistosomiases
- Schistoma Infection
- Infection, Schistoma
- Infections, Schistoma
- Schistoma Infections
- Katayama Fever
- Fever, Katayama
- Bilharziasis
- Bilharziases
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Schistosomiasis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Schistosomiasis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Schistosomiasis" 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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Neglected tropical disease vaccines: hookworm, leishmaniasis, and schistosomiasis. Vaccine. 2023 Nov 03; 41 Suppl 2:S176-S179.
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Integration of prevention and control measures for female genital schistosomiasis, HIV and cervical cancer. Bull World Health Organ. 2020 Sep 01; 98(9):615-624.
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A phase 1 study of the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of a Schistosoma mansoni vaccine with or without glucopyranosyl lipid A aqueous formulation (GLA-AF) in healthy adults from a non-endemic area. Vaccine. 2019 10 08; 37(43):6500-6509.
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Schistosomiasis among obstetric fistula patients in Lilongwe, Malawi. Malawi Med J. 2018 Dec; 30(4):225-229.
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Advancing the Development of a Human Schistosomiasis Vaccine. Trends Parasitol. 2019 02; 35(2):104-108.
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Schistosomiasis Induces Persistent DNA Methylation and Tuberculosis-Specific Immune Changes. J Immunol. 2018 07 01; 201(1):124-133.
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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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Egypt: Its Artists, Intellectuals, and Neglected Tropical Diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Dec; 10(12):e0005072.
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A call to strengthen the global strategy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: the time is now. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 02; 17(2):e64-e69.