Direct powder extrusion 3d printing of praziquantel to overcome neglected disease formulation challenges in paediatric populations

J Boniatti, P Januskaite, LB Fonseca, AL Viçosa… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
For the last 40 years, praziquantel has been the standard treatment for schistosomiasis, a
neglected parasitic disease affecting more than 250 million people worldwide. However …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the actions of the Schistosomiasis Control Program in an endemic area in Northeastern Brazil

NM Dantas, LA Andrade, WS da Paz, WN Borges… - Acta tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Schistosomiasis remains a serious public health concern in Brazil and the Schistosomiasis
Control Program (PCE) was elaborated to assist in the control of the disease. Nevertheless …

Effect of environmental factors in reducing the prevalence of schistosomiasis in schoolchildren: An analysis of three extensive national prevalence surveys in Brazil …

MCS Santos, GL Oliveira, SA Mingoti… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Over seven decades, Brazil has made admirable progress in controlling
schistosomiasis, and a frequent question about the explanation for this reduction refers to …

[HTML][HTML] Basic and associated causes of schistosomiasis-related mortality in Brazil: A population-based study and a 20-year time series of a disease still neglected

WS da Paz, E dos Santos Reis, IB Leal… - Journal of Global …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Schistosomiasis is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. Regardless
advances in diagnosis and mass treatment, schistosomiasis has a severe impact on …

Challenges to Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil: setbacks in the control program and critical analysis of the disease notification

DT Cardoso, FC Magalhães, MJ Enk… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT Background: In 1970, Brazil implemented the Schistosomiasis Control Program
(PCE, Portuguese acronym for Programa de Controle da Esquistossomose) was …

Kidney injury biomarkers and parasitic loads of Schistosoma mansoni in a highly endemic area in northeastern Brazil

RL de Freitas Galvão, GC Meneses, MCC Pinheiro… - Acta Tropica, 2022 - Elsevier
Schistosomiasis affects approximately 240 million people worldwide. In Brazil, it is estimated
that 1.5 million people are infected with Schistosoma mansoni and up to 15% of diagnosed …

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the activities of the Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil: is the goal of controlling the disease by 2030 at risk?

LA Andrade, WS da Paz, RES Ramos… - Transactions of The …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Schistosomiasis continues to represent a serious public health problem in
Brazil. With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several control strategies …

Effect of environmental factors in reducing the prevalence of schistosomiasis in schoolchildren: An analysis of three extensive national prevalence surveys in Brazil …

GL de Oliveira, SA Mingoti… - PLoS Neglected Tropical …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Background Over seven decades, Brazil has made admirable progress in controlling
schistosomiasis, and a frequent question about the explanation for this reduction refers to …

Intestinal schistosomiasis‐related mortality in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2000–2019: Temporal trends and spatial patterns for determining priority areas

DS Gomes, PR Silva Coelho… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To identify priority areas for schistosomiasis control, we analysed the
epidemiological characteristics, temporal trends and spatial patterns of schistosomiasis …

Atualização sobre a esquistossomose mansônica no Brasil: uma revisão integrativa

ISM de Souza, LM de Araújo Pereira… - Research, Society and …, 2023 - rsdjournal.org
The present work performs an integrative review of the literature on schistosomiasis in
Brazil, a parasitic and waterborne disease caused by flatworms of the genus Schistosoma …