Schistosomiasis at the Crossroad to Elimination: Review of Eclipsed Research with Emphasis on the Post-Transmission Agenda

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/4/55" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/4/55</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7040055" target="_blank" >10.3390/tropicalmed7040055</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Schistosomiasis at the Crossroad to Elimination: Review of Eclipsed Research with Emphasis on the Post-Transmission Agenda

Original language description

While chronic schistosomiasis is pathologically well defined, the acute form of the disease is less well understood. It is generally agreed that early lesions, such as lung nodules and bladder polyps, are reversible, which impedes identification of the time elapsed since exposure. The intermediate stage between the acute and the chronic forms of schistosomiasis requires further investigation, as does the clinical stage due to lesions remaining after treatment. With current schistosomiasis control efforts gradually progressing to elimination, there is a need to focus on post-transmission schistosomiasis, which not only refers to remaining lesions from previous infections, but also accounts for the potential presence of surviving worms after treatment. This issue is particularly salient for migrants from endemic to non-endemic countries and should be kept in mind for returning expatriates from schistosomiasis-endemic countries. Negative stool examination or urine filtration are generally taken as indicative of cure since rectoscopy for Schistosoma mansoni infection, or cystoscopy for S. haematobium infection, are rarely performed. However, pathology of affected organs may persist indefinitely, while potentially remaining live worms could produce additional pathology. Hence, post-transmission schistosomiasis can prevail for years after elimination of the disease, and thus, warrant further attention.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30310 - Parasitology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

ISSN

2414-6366

e-ISSN

2414-6366

Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

55

UT code for WoS article

000785061200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85128470202