TY - JOUR. T1 - Prevalence of Schistosoma intercalatum and S. haematobium infection among primary schoolchildren in capital areas of democratic republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa. AU - Chu, Tu Bin. AU - Liao, Chien Wei. AU - Huang, Ying Chieh. AU - Chang, Yu Tai. AU - Costa, A. S R J. AU - Ji, Dar Der. AU - Nara, Takeshi. AU - Tsubouchi, Akiko. AU - Chang, Wu Shou Peter. AU - Chiu, Wen Ta. AU - Fan, Chia Kwung. PY - 2012. Y1 - 2012. N2 - Background: A parasitological survey of Schistosoma haematobium and S. intercalatum infection among primary schoolchildren in capital area of Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (DRSTP) was undertaken. Methods: Subjects with positive infection were confirmed by the detection of S. haematobium ova in the urine or S. intercalatum ova in the stool by using centrifugation concentration or merthiolate-iodineformalin concentration method. Totally, 252 urine and stool samples, respectively, were obtained from apparently healthy ...

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Schistosome parasites. Computer-enhanced light micrograph of adult female (mauve) and male (red) Schistosoma mansoni parasitic flukes, cause of the disease bilharzia (schistosomiasis). Their heads are at upper left. They live in veins in the human intestines and bladder. Females live in a groove on the males backs. They fix themselves to blood vessel walls and feed on blood cells. Females lay eggs continuously, which are excreted in faeces and urine into lakes and rivers. In water snails, they develop into forms which can infect humans through the skin. Bilharzia is endemic in tropical countries, and can cause liver and kidney damage. It is treatable with drugs. Magnification unknown. - Stock Image Z160/0096

Schistosoma bovis is a ruminant pathogen that is poorly known at a molecular level. With an aim of identifying the parasite proteins involved in host-parasite interplay, we studied two protein extracts that contain, respectively, the proteins excreted/secreted by the adult worm (ES) and the tegumental proteins exposed to the host (TG). The 2-DE, 2-D immunoblot and MS were employed to separate and identify the antigenic proteins and the most abundant non-antigenic proteins in each extract. There were some 400 and 600 spots detected in the ES and the TG extracts, respectively. Ninety-six spots were subjected to MS analysis and 64 of them were identified. Overall, we identified 18 S. bovis proteins located at the host-parasite interface, 16 of which have not been identified previously in this parasite, and one of which -lysozyme- has never been reported in a Schistosoma species. Of the proteins identified, at least 4 can counteract host defence mechanisms. The other proteins are also likely to play ...

Through the examination of 78 fecal sample of sheep and 52 fecal sample of cattle collected from different region in Ninevah governorate, the percentage of infection with schistosoma eggs in sheep and cattle were 7.69%, 19.23 respectively with significant differences between sheep and cattle, two types of eggs of schistosoma had been identified in sheep they were : S. bovis and S. indicum (first record) while in cattle S. bovis, S. indicum and S.intercalatum (first record) were diagnosed. Infection with S. bovis formed highest percentage in sheep and cattle 83.3%, 70% respectively. The results revealed significant differences between type of infection in sheep with significant difference between the type of infection in cattle, and the single infection formed highest percentage in sheep and cattle 83.33%, 70% respectively. The percentage of infection appeared with high rate in sheep and cattle with aged more than 3 years 9.8%, 40% respectively with significant difference between groups of age in cattle

In the province of Kracheh, in Northern Cambodia, a baseline epidemiological survey on Schistosoma mekongi was conducted along the Mekong River between December 1994 and April 1995. The results of household surveys of highly affected villages of the East and the West bank of the river and of school surveys in 20 primary schools are presented. In household surveys 1396 people were examined. An overall prevalence of infection of 49.3% was detected by a single stool examination with the Kato-Katz technique. The overall intensity of infection was 118.2 eggs per gram of stool (epg). There was no difference between the population of the east and west shore of the Mekong for prevalence (P = 0.3) or intensity (P = 0.9) of infection. Severe morbidity was very frequent. Hepatomegaly of the left lobe was detected in 48.7% of the population. Splenomegaly was seen in 26.8% of the study participants. Visible diverted circulation was found in 7.2% of the population, and ascites in 0.1%. Significantly more ...

So: the schistosomes life cycle. They start out as little eggs which leave the adults host (humans) through the waste systems in urine or feces. These eggs then hatch into the first larval stage, which is called a miracidium. The miracidium seeks out a snail and burrows through its tissues to get to its gonads. There, it asexually reproduces to create sporocysts, and in the process thousands of copies of itself while castrating the unlucky mollusk. When the time is right, these copies transform again into cercaria, which kind of look like sperm, and for the same function: swimming. Upon bursting out of the snail, these little swimmers hunt down the nearest suitable host they can find by actually swimming towards them ...

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Chris - Parasites are organisms that live in or on another organism. They steal nutrients to survive. Nice! But living inside a host species, as many of them do, comes with its own set of problems. Parasites have to find ways to avoid the immune system and we now know that parts of the immune system whose job it is to get rid of parasites are the same parts that also cause allergies. Dr.

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Although field-sampling procedures to capture gDNA from individual schistosome larval stages directly from their natural hosts exist, they do pose some technical and logistical challenges hampering certain epidemiological studies. The aim of this study was to develop, refine and evaluate an alternative methodology, which enables better preservation of large numbers of individual schistosome larval stages and eggs collected in low resource endemic areas, to provide PCR-quality DNA for multi-locus genetic analysis. The techniques reported here present simple and effective short-term field and long-term laboratory preservation and storage systems for individually sampled schistosome eggs and larval stages using a commercially available aqueous stabilisation reagent, RNAlater® eliminating the need for more cumbersome resources such as refrigerators, heaters and centrifuge equipment for immediate specimen processing. Adaptations to a general gDNA extraction method are described, that enables the acquisition

They enter the human body either in drinking water or by boring directly into the skin. Then, they migrate into large blood vessels and cause local hemorrhages as they lay their spined eggs. Today, more than 110 million human beings in tropical countries have schistosomes in their blood and are doomed to a wasting and debilitating disease called schistosomiasis. Wherever schistosomes are present, it is dangerous to bathe and wade in fresh water and harzardous to drink untreated water. ...

Parasites manipulating host behaviour is not a new story. There are lots of examples of parasites and parasitoids making their poor hosts do the most extraordinary things: grasshoppers purposefully jumping into water and drowning themselves, rats running towards cat urine smells, cockroaches walking into predator wasp lairs etc. This level of skilled mind-control would leave even our most talented illusionists agog with admiration and horror.. From a public and veterinary health point of view, the concept of host manipulation is of particular interest when it results in the increase of transmission of a disease. This has been suggested with mosquitoes and malaria parasites, where malaria infection in the mosquito leads to increased biting rates and subsequent spread of infection of the malaria parasite.. Do schistosomes manipulate snails?. Schistosomes are remarkable parasites (I am biased!), with a complex two host life cycle: an intermediate aquatic host snail, and a (often) terrestrial ...

by Alessandra Guidi, Cristiana Lalli, Roberto Gimmelli, Emanuela Nizi, Matteo Andreini, Nadia Gennari, Fulvio Saccoccia, Steven Harper, Alberto Bresciani, Giovina Ruberti Schistosomiasis, one of the most prevalent neglected parasitic diseases affecting humans and animals, is caused by the Platyhelminthes of the genus Schistosoma. Schistosomes are the only trematodes to have evolved sexual dimorphism and the constant pairing with a male is essential for the sexual maturation of the female.

Schistosomiasis, which is caused by helminth trematode blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, is a serious health and economic problem in tropical areas, and the second most prevalent parasitic disease after malaria. Currently, there is no effective vaccine available and treatment is entirely dependent on a single drug, praziquantel (PZQ), raising a significant potential public health threat due to the emergence of PZQ drug resistance. It is thus urgent and necessary to explore novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of schistosomiasis. Previous studies demonstrated that acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) play important roles in the schistosome nervous system and ion channels, both of which are targeted by a number of currently approved and marketed anthelminthic drugs. To improve understanding of the functions of the cholinergic system in schistosomes, this article reviews previous studies on AChE and nAChRs in schistosomes and other helminths and ...

Author Summary Host blood ingested by adult schistosomes resident in the bloodstream, passes down a short esophagus to reach the gut where proteolysis of its constituents occurs. The esophageal gland surrounds the posterior half of the esophagus, which has a membrane surface area enormously expanded into plates that must be crucial for its functioning. The contents of a unique crystalloid vesicle, manufactured in the gland, are released into the lumen and accumulate between the plates. Incoming host leucocytes are tethered in the lumen of the posterior esophagus and damaged or destroyed there. Erythrocytes are also lysed as they enter the posterior esophagus. We have identified two further protein products of the gland, to add to the two we previously described, which may potentially interact with the incoming host cells to determine their fate. Finally, we have shown the antibodies from infected hosts can recognise and bind to the esophageal gland secretions. This raises the possibility that gland

The Schistosomiasis Resource Center at the Biomedical Research Institute offers the Schistosoma spp. Life Cycle Training Course on the maintenance of three Schistosoma spp. life cycles: S. haematobium, S. japonicum and S.mansoni on October 6-8, 2021 at BRI in Rockville, MD.

Schistosomiasis, or bilharzia is a parasitic disease caused by trematodes of the genus schistosoma and is considered by the world health organization as the

Die voorkoms van Schistosoma haematobium-eienskappe by sekere Suid-Afrikaanse populasies van Schistosoma mattheei (Trematoda : schistosomatidae ...

Schistosomes belong to the phylum Platyhelminthes, family Schistosomatidae, and are a group of digenetic, dioecious trematodes requiring definitive and intermediate hosts to complete their life cycles. Four species are important agents of human disease: Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma mekongi, and Schistosoma haematobium. Schistosoma intercalatum is of less epidemiologic importance. The earliest known instance of schistosomiasis was found in Egyptian mummies of the predynastic period, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect circulating anodic antigen. Schistosomes are somewhat different from other human trematodes since they (i) have two sexes, (ii) live in the blood vessels, (iii) have nonoperculated eggs, and (iv) have no encysted metacercarial stage in the life cycle. Cercarial dermatitis follows skin penetration by cercariae, and the reaction may be partly due to previous host sensitization. Few clinical manifestations are associated with primary exposure,

Schistosome parasite egg. Light micrograph of liver tissue with an egg (schistosome, centre) of the Schistosoma mansoni parasite. This parasitic trematode worm causes schistosomiasis or bilharzia in humans. Adult worms live in pairs in the blood stream surrounding the digestive tract. Hepatic schistosomiasis occurs when eggs cross from blood vessels into the liver and become trapped, forming granulomas. The most severe cases produce hepatomegaly or fibrosis of the liver. A female Schistosoma worm can produce 300 eggs per day. Magnification: x50 at 35mm size. - Stock Image M120/0120

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Author Summary Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is among the leading causes of disability among tropical diseases and is caused by a mosquito-transmitted parasite but can be prevented using mass drug therapy and vector-control. In recent years, an international effort has been mounted to eliminate LF. In order to focus limited resources on areas with the highest disease burden, the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that mass drug treatment programs be focused in areas with |1% prevalence of the infection, working under the assumption that areas with |1% prevalence are equivalent to areas of limited or no transmission. We carried out an additional assessment in low-prevalence areas and observed evidence of active transmission and clustering of antigen-positive persons. Our results imply that a 1% infection threshold may not be sufficient to capture all remaining reservoirs of transmission.

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Katayama syndrome is an early clinical manifestation of schistosomiasis that occurs several weeks post-infection with Schistosoma spp (trematode) worms. Because of this temporal delay and its non-specific presentation, it is the form of schistosomiasis most likely to be misdiagnosed by travel medicine physicians and infectious disease specialists in non-endemic countries. Katayama syndrome appears between 14-84 days after non-immune individuals are exposed to first schistosome infection or heavy reinfection. Disease onset appears to be related to migrating schistosomula and egg deposition with individuals typically presenting with nocturnal fever, cough, myalgia, headache, and abdominal tenderness. Serum antibodies and schistosome egg excretion often substantiate infection if detected. Diffuse pulmonary infiltrates are found radiologically, and almost all cases have eosinophilia and a history of water contact 14-84 days before presentation of clinical symptoms; patients respond well to regimens ...

Schistosomiasis is caused by trematode worms Schistosoma spp., whose life cycle requires a definitive vertebrate host and an intermediate freshwater snail host. Transmission to humans occurs through exposure to fresh water containing infectious larvae, which can penetrate intact skin before developing into blood-dwelling adult worms. The disease is patchily distributed in parts of South America, Africa, the Middle East, China, and South East Asia, with about 200 million people infected and 20 million suffering severe consequences of infection....

This assay is highly specific (99%) and sensitive (96%) for detection of infection caused by S. mansoni. Although the assay is also highly specific for infections caused by other Schistosoma species (S. japonicum, S. haematobium, S. mekongi), its sensitivity for these infections is lower (55%). Antibody levels do not correlate with the intensity of infection. ...

So much for the protective power of skin. The schistosome worm scoffs at this largest organ in the human body. When schistosome larvae are released from their intermediate hosts, freshwater snails, these parasites burrow through the unbroken skin of their ultimate hosts-humans who wade in tropical waters. Some schistosomes take up residence and lay eggs in the space around the hepatic portal vein, spurring liver inflammation that can persist for years. Five to ten percent of schistosome-infected individuals develop severe fibrosis of the liver, which often is fatal, but there is no way to identify these susceptible patients among the 350 million who are infected worldwide. Now, Dessein et al. report on their study of populations at risk for schistosomiasis-Chinese, Sudanese, and Brazilian subjects who live near worm-infested waters-which identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) around the connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) gene that correlate with liver fibrosis in schistosomiasis ...

Description: Asian schistosomiasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease infecting up to a million people and threatening tens of millions more. Control of this disease is hindered by the animal reservoirs of the parasite, in particular the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), which is responsible for significant levels of human transmission. A transmission-blocking vaccine administered to buffaloes is a realistic option which would aid in the control of schistosomiasis. This will however require a better understanding of the immunobiology of schistosomiasis in naturally exposed buffaloes, particularly the immune response to migrating schistosome larvae, which are the likely targets of an anti-schistosome vaccine. To address this need we investigated the immune response at the major sites of larval migration, the skin and the lungs, in previously exposed and re-challenged water buffaloes. In the skin, a strong allergic-type inflammatory response occurred, characterised by leukocyte and eosinophil ...

Schistosomes, parasitic worms that cause the tropical disease schistosomiasis, are able to survive in the hosts bloodstream for up to 30 years. Their survival in this hostile environment without activation of the coagulation system or clearance by the immune system is remarkable. The aim of this thesis is to describe ... read more the strategies used by schistosomes to allow their survival in the circulation. Blood coagulation around the parasite is inhibited at many different levels by schistosomes. In addition, the parasitic surface forms a protective barrier against immune recognition and immune damage. Furthermore, schistosomes have several strategies to inhibit or modulate host immune responses. These different strategies are often a clever combination of mimicking or using host mechanisms for regulation of the immune and haemostatic system and schistosome specific strategies to inhibit host blood coagulation and immune responses or to protect the parasite from immune damage. Insight in ...

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Prior immunity to a related or unrelated pathogen greatly influences the hosts immune response to a subsequent infection and can cause a dramatic difference in disease course, a phenomenon known as heterologous immunity. Heterologous immunity can influence protective immunity, immunopathology and/or immune deviation of cytokine-producing T cell subsets. Examples of heterologous immunity have been well documented in mouse models, as well as during human infections. For example, prior immunity to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) provides partial protection against vaccinia virus (VV), as LCMV-immune mice show reduced VV titers and increased survival upon lethal dose VV infection. Heterologous protection against VV challenge, as a result of LCMV immunity, is mediated by LCMV-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells, as transfer of LCMV-specific memory T cells can mediate this protective effect in naïve mice. The recognition of a single TCR with more than one MHC-peptide complex is referred to as T cell

The development of vaccines for complex parasites such as schistosomes is a great challenge. Vaccination with radiation-attenuated cercariae induces significant levels of resistance to schistosome challenge and suggests the fact that vaccination induced both B and T cell responses are critical, and combination of different antigens may be an efficient strategy to improve the immunoprotection against schistosome infection. In this study, different schistosome vaccine candidates (alone or mixed) that stimulated either B or T cell immunity were tested in a mouse model of disease. Results showed that combining different antigens in fact did not result in a more effective vaccine formulation when compared to each component administered individually, suggesting that mixed antigens may not be necessary for protection against schistosome infections and that immune interference resulting from the inoculation with multiple antigens is one mechanism responsible for the unexpected lack of increased ...

First they try and establish that Schistosomes are a Created Kind and compare them to the liver flukes (Fasciola). Now liver flukes also have a complex life cycle similar to the Schistosomes, with larva in molluscan hosts, and the formation of cecaria. On the basis that Schistosomes are sexual, and Fasciola are hermaphrodite and have a slightly different gut architecture, and ones cercaria must be eaten (but still actively burrows in through the gut lining), but the other directly invades via the skin, that they must be two separate Created Kinds.. Well, we couldnt have any of that nasty adaptive evolution happening could we? Except of course that Schistosomes and Fasciola are but two representatives of trematoda, a large class of parasitic worms that include a two host cycle, with one stage usually occurring in molluscs, the second usually in vertebrates. The cercaria is common to all the trematodes. As well as the liver flukes, there are the lung Flukes (Paragonimidae) and the intestinal ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - A review of the genetic epidemiology of resistance to parasitic disease and atopic asthma. T2 - Common variants for common phenotypes?. AU - Barnes, Kathleen C.. AU - Grant, Audrey V.. AU - Gao, Peisong. PY - 2005/10. Y1 - 2005/10. N2 - Purpose of review: An inverse relationship between resistance to certain parasitic diseases and measures of atopy and asthma has long been observed. A possible explanation is that genetic determinants which confer protection against detrimental worm burdens are the same determinants involved in atopic asthma. The focus of this review is to consider the potential candidate genes that have been elucidated as part of molecular, genomic and genetic studies of parasite biology, host-parasite interactions and classic genetic epidemiology studies on parasitic disease and allergic asthma. Recent findings: Comparative studies of the Plasmodium and Schistosoma spp. genomes have revealed a number of proteins that are homologous to humans. A number of linkage ...

Cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni alternate between active swimming and passive drifting. They began swimming in response to either an increase or decrease in irradiance experienced during the passive phase. The number of cercariae reacting to a shadow was proportional to the magnitude of the stimulus. The shadow response may be mediated by the cercarias ciliary receptors. About half as many cercariae reacted to an irradiance increase as to an equivalent decrease. This report is the first quantitative study of photosensory stimulus-response relationships in schistosome cercariae. ...

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Dr. Tim Anderson at Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Dr. Phil LoVerde at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have been awarded a $3.5 million grant over the next five years by the National Institutes of Health to understand the genetic changes in the schistosome parasite that lead to drug resistance.

UMN Morris alumna, Dr. Andrea Lund, will present a lecture entitled, "From UMN Morris to Africa: Human-environment dynamics in the eco-epidemiology of schistosomiasis." Human schistosomiasis is parasitic disease that affects 200 million people worldwide and is second only to malaria in the global burden of parasitic disease. The transmission of human schistosomes occurs between freshwater snails and people when free-swimming parasite larvae penetrate the skin of someone who is wading, bathing or otherwise in contact with the water. The occurrence of schistosomiasis is often elevated in settings where water is actively managed for food or energy production. Andrea will discuss how social and environmental factors interact to perpetuate schistosome transmission, highlighting the need for environmental interventions to complement existing pharmaceutical-based controls. Dr. Andrea Lund holds a Ph.D. in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, a Masters of Public Health in Global

Only one drug is currently available for the treatment and control of schistosomiasis and the increasing risk of selecting strains of schistosome that are resistant to praziquantel means that the development of new drugs is urgent. With this objective we have chosen to target the enzymes modifying histones and in particular the histone acetyltransferases and histone deacetylases (HDAC). Inhibitors of HDACs (HDACi) are under intense study as potential anti-cancer drugs and act via the induction of cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis. Schistosomes like other parasites can be considered as similar to tumours in that they maintain an intense metabolic activity and rate of cell division that is outside the control of the host. We have shown that HDACi can induce apoptosis and death of schistosomes maintained in culture and have set up a consortium (Schistosome Epigenetics: Targets, Regulation, New Drugs) funded by the European Commission with the aim of developing inhibitors specific for schistosome ...

Weve shown previously that priming of respiratory mucosa with live varieties promotes robust and prolonged success from an otherwise lethal disease with pneumonia pathogen of mice (PVM), a house referred to as heterologous immunity. them, many groups possess reported that mice vaccinated against tuberculosis with Bacille Calmette-Gurin (BCG) had been protected against attacks with antigenically-unrelated pathogens, including Gram-positive bacterias, the fungi and parasite (evaluated in [6]); analgous results have already been reported in BCG-vaccinated kids [10]. Heterologous immunity in addition has been invoked to describe the improved susceptibility to disease with noticed among patients dealing with severe influenza disease (evaluated in [11]). In order to elucidate the systems root heterologous immunity to lethal respiratory pathogen infection, weve examined the molecular and mobile inflammatory responses produced in lung cells of and consequently challenged with PVM respond with moderate ...

There is a close relationship between hormones, cytokines, neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters that modulate the host immune response by several effector mechanisms, inc..

Schistosomiasis, also known as Bilharziasis, is caused by a blood fluke whose larvae contaminate fresh water where humans contract the disease by wading, swimming, or bathing.

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