| evaluation of the effectiveness of dipstick haematuria and proteinuria in screening schistosoma haematobium infection among school children in upper egypt. | this study aimed at evaluation of validity and reliability of dipstick haematuria and proteinuria in screening school children for schistosoma haematobium infection. it included a random sample of 400 school children aged 6-15 years in rural area of fayoum governorate, upper egypt. urine samples of the studied children were tested parasitologically by urine filtration technique as a reference test and semiquantitatively for haematuria and proteinuria using urine reagent strips as screening tests ... | 1996 | 17214186 |
| efficacy of myrrh in the treatment of schistosomiasis (haematobium and mansoni) in ezbet el-bakly, tamyia center, el-fayoum governorate, egypt. | schistosomiasis remains a public health problem in egypt, despite the continuous control effort. most of the anti-schistosomal drugs have deleterious side effects or low efficacy. this necessitates a search for new safe and effective drug. a field survey was done in ezbet el-bakly (tamyia center) el-fayoum governorate to determine the magnitude of schistosomiasis haematobium and mansoni and to evaluate the efficacy of mirazid (the oleo-resin extract from myrrh of commiphora molmol tree, family: ... | 2004 | 15287168 |
| is schistosoma mansoni replacing schistosoma haematobium in the fayoum? | schistosoma mansoni is progressively replacing s. haematobium along the nile river in egypt. this change has occurred in the past 15-20 years following construction of the aswan high dam in the 1960s. the cause is a shift in relative abundance of the snail vectors biomphalaria alexandrina and bulinus truncatus. biomphalaria is increasing while the latter has disappeared from a village in the fayoum where formerly only schistosomiasis haematobia was endemic. a cross-sectional household survey in ... | 1993 | 8279637 |
| clinical and parasitological studies on the efficacy of mirazid in treatment of schistosomiasis haematobium in tatoon, etsa center, el fayoum governorate. | no doubt, schistosomiasis tops all the endemic parasitic diseases world-wide particularly in egypt. this study evaluated the efficacy of mirazid (commiphora molmol) in the treatment of parasitologically and clinically and ultrasonography confirmed cases of schistosomiasis haematobium in tatoon village. a sum of 70 out of 885 individuals of both sexes (>15 to 60 years old) screened for s. haematobium infection were selected. they had light infection (1-10 eggs/10 ml.), moderate infection (10-100 ... | 2003 | 14708852 |
| seasonality as a determinant of the efficacy of praziquantel in population-based chemotherapy: lessons from the practice. | during october-november 1991, 1356 male farmers, 18-40 years old from a village in fayoum governorate, egypt, were examined for schistosoma haematobium infection. the prevalence of infection was 22.2%. infected farmers were treated immediately with praziquantel at the recommended dose of 40 mg/kg body weight in a single, oral dose. twelve weeks after treatment 86/262 (32.8%) infected farmers were negative for s. haematobium eggs in urine. in another study conducted in a satellite village in the ... | 1998 | 9617037 |
| the epidemiology of schistosomiasis in egypt: summary findings in nine governorates. | health questionnaires and parasitologic examinations of urine and stool were evaluated from a stratified random sample of 89,180 individuals from 17,172 households in 251 rural communities in 9 governorates of egypt to investigate the prevalence of, risk factors for, and changing pattern of infection with schistosoma sp. in egypt. a subset, every fifth household, or 18,600 subjects, had physical and ultrasound examinations to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for morbidity. prevalen ... | 2000 | 10813505 |
| evaluation of a twice-a-week application of 1% niclosamide lotion in preventing schistosoma haematobium reinfection. | a randomized double-blind trial was conducted to assess the efficacy of a twice-a-week application of 1% niclosamide lotion for prevention of schistosoma haematobium reinfection. six hundred farmers in fayoum, egypt, 18-40 years of age, were treated to cure their s. haematobium infection, then randomly assigned to self-apply niclosamide or placebo lotion to their limbs, neck, and torso. subjects were exposed to schistosomal-infested water during routine irrigation activities from april to octobe ... | 1994 | 7810826 |