The endemisation of schistosomiasis in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil, 10 years after the first epidemic outbreak Constança Simões Barbosa; Onicio Batista Leal-Neto; Elainne Christine Souza Gomes; Karina Conceição Gomes Machado de Araújo; Ana Lucia Coutinho Domingues PAGE: 878-883 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000700014

Schistosomal glomerulopathy and changes in the distribution of histological patterns of glomerular diseases in Bahia, Brazil Washington Luis Conrado dos-Santos; Glória Maria Maranhão Sweet; Marília Bahiense-Oliveira; Paulo Novis Rocha PAGE: 901-904 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000700017

Schistosomiasis differentially affects vasoconstrictor responses: up-regulation of 5-HT receptor-mediated aorta contraction Suellen D'Arc dos Santos Oliveira; Claudia Lucia Martins Silva PAGE: 456-460 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000400012

Schistosomal myeloradiculopathy in a low-prevalence area: 27 cases (14 autochthonous) in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil André Ricardo Ribas Freitas; Augusto César Penalva Oliveira; Luiz Jacintho Silva PAGE: 398-408 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400009

Interobserver variability of ultrasound parameters in portal hypertension Patricia Moreno Sebastianes; Danilo Moulin Sales; José Eduardo Mourão Santos; Alberto Ribeiro de Souza Leão; Juliana Dantas da Costa; Kenji Takemoto; Júlia Capobianco; Alexandre Sérgio de Araújo Bezerra; Giuseppe D'Ippolito PAGE: 409-413 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400010

Imaging techniques and histology in the evaluation of liver fibrosis in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil: a comparative study Izabela Voieta; Leonardo C de Queiroz; Luciene M Andrade; Luciana Cristina S Silva; Vitor F Fontes; Aryon Barbosa Jr; Vivian Resende; Andy Petroianu; Zilton Andrade; Carlos Mauricio Antunes; José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 414-421 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400011

Comparative randomised trial of high and conventional doses of praziquantel in the treatment of schistosomiasis mansoni Leonardo C de Queiroz; Sandra C Drummond; Maria Laura M de Matos; Mariana BS Paiva; Thaís S Batista; Ahraby ZM Kansaon; Carlos Maurício de F Antunes; José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 445-448 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400015

Clinical-epidemiologic profile of the schistosomal myeloradiculopathy in Pernambuco, Brazil Karina Conceição GM de Araújo; Cristiana da Rosa e Silva; Alexsandra Glória A dos Santos; Constança Simões Barbosa; Teresa CA Ferrari PAGE: 454-459 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400017

Correlation of biological serum markers with the degree of hepatic fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in hepatitis C and schistosomiasis patients Clarice Neuenschwander Lins de Morais; Bruno de Melo Carvalho; Wlademir Gomes de Melo; Fábio Lopes de Melo; Edmundo Pessoa de Almeida Lopes; Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues; Norma Jucá; João Roberto Maciel Martins; George Tadeu Nunes Diniz; Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro PAGE: 460-466 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400018

Schistosoma mansoni: magnetic resonance analysis of liver fibrosis according to WHO patterns for ultrasound assessment of schistosomiasis-related morbidity Luciana CS Silva; Luciene M Andrade; Leonardo C de Queiroz; Izabela Voieta; Letícia M Azeredo; Carlos MF Antunes; José R Lambertucci PAGE: 467-470 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400019

Serum hyaluronan and collagen IV as non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in patients from an endemic area for schistosomiasis mansoni: a field-based study in Brazil Carolina Coimbra Marinho; Thales Bretas; Izabela Voieta; Leonardo Campos de Queiroz; Raiza Ruiz-Guevara; Antônio Lúcio Teixeira; Carlos Maurício Antunes; Aluízio Prata; José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 471-478 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400020

Ultrasound in schistosomiasis mansoni Rogério Augusto Pinto-Silva; Leonardo Campos de Queiroz; Letícia Martins Azeredo; Luciana Cristina dos Santos Silva; José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 479-484 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400021

Evaluation of a linear spectral mixture model and vegetation indices (NDVI and EVI) in a study of schistosomiasis mansoni and Biomphalaria glabrata distribution in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Ricardo JPS Guimarães; Corina C Freitas; Luciano V Dutra; Ronaldo GC Scholte; Ronaldo S Amaral; Sandra C Drummond; Yosio E Shimabukuro; Guilherme C Oliveira; Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 512-518 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400028

Schistosomiasis control program in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil Sandra Costa Drummond; Sílvio Roberto Sousa Pereira; Luciana Cristina dos Santos Silva; Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo Antunes; José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 519-523 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400029

A geoprocessing approach for studying and controlling schistosomiasis in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Ricardo José de Paula Souza Guimarães; Corina Costa Freitas; Luciano Vieira Dutra; Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte; Flávia Toledo Martins-Bedé; Fernanda Rodrigues Fonseca; Ronaldo Santos Amaral; Sandra Costa Drummond; Carlos Alberto Felgueiras; Guilherme Corrêa Oliveira; Omar Santos Carvalho PAGE: 524-531 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400030

The Estrada Real project and endemic diseases: the case of schistosomiasis, geoprocessing and tourism Omar S Carvalho; Ronaldo GC Scholte; Ricardo JPS Guimarães; Corina C Freitas; Sandra C Drummond; Ronaldo S Amaral; Luciano V Dutra; Guilherme Oliveira; Cristiano L Massara; Martin J Enk PAGE: 532-536 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400031

Schistosomiasis risk mapping in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using a decision tree approach, remote sensing data and sociological indicators Flávia T Martins-Bedê; Luciano V Dutra; Corina C Freitas; Ricardo JPS Guimarães; Ronaldo S Amaral; Sandra C Drummond; Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 541-548 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400033

Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil Constança Simões Barbosa; Karina Conceição Araújo; Manuel Alexander Amarista Sevilla; Fabio Melo; Elainne Christine de Souza Gomes; Reinaldo Souza-Santos PAGE: 549-554 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400034

Spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection before and after chemotherapy with two praziquantel doses in a community of Pernambuco, Brazil Aline F Galvão; Tereza C Favre; Ricardo JPS Guimarães; Ana PB Pereira; Luciana C Zani; Katariny T Felipe; Ana Lúcia C Domingues; Omar S Carvalho; Constança S Barbosa; Otávio S Pieri PAGE: 555-562 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400035

Factors related to transmission of and infection with Schistosoma mansoni in a village in the South-eastern Region of Brazil Martin Johannes Enk; Anna Carolina Lustosa Lima; Heliton da Silva Barros; Cristiano Lara Massara; Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho; Virginia Torres Schall PAGE: 570-577 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400037

Accessibility to and utilisation of schistosomiasis-related health services in a rural area of state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Dener Carlos dos Reis; Helmut Kloos; Charles King; Humberto Ferreira Oliveira Quites; Leonardo Ferreira Matoso; Kellen Rosa Coelho; Andrea Gazzinelli PAGE: 587-597 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400039

Specific schistosomiasis treatment as a strategy for disease control José Rodrigues Coura; Maria José Conceição PAGE: 598-603 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400040

Distribution and habitat preferences of the genus Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Cuba Antonio Alejandro Vázquez Perera; Jorge Sánchez Noda; Yosvania Hevia Jiménez PAGE: 41-44 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000100005

Identification of a genetic marker associated with the resistance to Schistosoma mansoni infection using random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis Abdel-Hamid Z Abdel-Hamid; Sayed M Rawi; Azza F Arafa PAGE: 863-868 | DOI: S0074-02762006000800007

Primary culture of the region of the amebocyte-producing organ of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni L Barbosa; LM Silva; PMZ Coelho; SR Santos; CL Fortes-Dias PAGE: 639-643 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600010

Field trials of low dose Bayluscide on snail hosts of schistosome and selected non-target organisms in sahelian Cameroon I Takougang; J Meli; F Angwafo III PAGE: 355-358 | DOI: S0074-02762006000400002

Assessment of a DNA vaccine encoding an anchored-glycosylphosphatidylinositol tegumental antigen complexed to protamine sulphate on immunoprotection against murine schistosomiasis Eduardo JM Nascimento; Rosa V Amorim; André Cavalcanti; Veruska F Alves; Mineo Nakazawa; Valéria RA Pereira; Norma Lucena-Silva PAGE: 21-27 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000100003

Low transmission areas of schistosomiasis in Venezuela: consequences on the diagnosis, treatment, and control Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya; Raiza RuizGuevara; Cecilia Colmenares; Sandra Losada; Oscar Noya PAGE: 29-35 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900006

The impact of two education methods on knowledge of schistosomiasis transmission and prevention among schoolchildren in a rural community in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil Maria Flávia Gazzinelli; Dener Carlos dos Reis; Helmut Kloos; Gustavo Velásquez-Melendez; Izabela Rocha Dutra; Andréa Gazzinelli PAGE: 45-53 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900008

The spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection before and after chemotherapy in the Jequitinhonha Valley in Brazil Andrea Gazzinelli; Allen Hightower; Philip T LoVerde; João Paulo Amaral Haddad; Wesley Rodrigues Pereira; Jeffrey Bethony; Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira; Helmut Kloos PAGE: 63-71 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900010

Reliability of current estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Tereza C Favre; Ricardo AA Ximenes; Aline F Galvão; Ana Paula B Pereira; Tereza N Wanderlei; Constança S Barbosa; Otávio S Pieri PAGE: 73-78 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900011

An analysis of the impact of the Schistosomiasis Control Programme in Brazil Ronaldo Santos do Amaral; Pedro Luiz Tauil; David Duart Lima; Dirk Engels PAGE: 79-85 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900012

Multimedia materials for education, training, and advocacy in international health: experiences with the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative CD-ROM TJ Beanland; SD Lacey; DD Melkman; S Palmer; JR Stothard; F Fleming; A Fenwick PAGE: 87-90 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900013

Analysis and estimative of schistosomiasis prevalence for the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using multiple regression with social and environmental spatial data Ricardo JPS Guimarães; Corina C Freitas; Luciano V Dutra; Ana CM Moura; Ronaldo S Amaral; Sandra C Drummond; Márcio Guerra; Ronaldo GC Scholte; Charles R Freitas; Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 91-96 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900014

Discursive media strategies in the journalistic construction of schistosomiasis in Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais Celina Maria Modena; Cristiano Lara Massara; Virginia Torres Schall PAGE: 97-102 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900015

Intergenerational representations of schistosomiasis in endemic area, Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais Celina Maria Modena; Virginia Torres Schall PAGE: 103-106 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900016

An ecological field study of the water-rat Nectomys squamipes as a wild reservoir indicator of Schistosoma mansoni transmission in an endemic area Rosana Gentile; Sócrates F Costa-Neto; Margareth ML Gonçalves; Simone T Bonecker; Fabiano A Fernandes; Juberlan S Garcia; Magali G M Barreto; Marisa S Soares; Paulo S D'Andrea; José M Peralta; Luis Rey PAGE: 111-117 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900018

Attaining the minimum target of resolution WHA 54.19 for schistosomiasis control in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Tereza C Favre; Ricardo AA Ximenes; Aline F Galvão; Ana Paula B Pereira; Tereza N Wandereley; Constança S Barbosa; Otávio S Pieri PAGE: 125-132 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900020

Molecular approaches for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni: possible applications in the detection of snail infection, monitoring of transmission sites, and diagnosis of human infection Frederico GC Abath; Ana Lisa do Vale Gomes; Fábio L Melo; Constança S Barbosa; Roberto P Werkhauser PAGE: 145-148 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900023

Morbidity of schistosomiasis mansoni in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Sandra Costa Drummond; Luciana Cristina dos Santos Silva; Ronaldo Santos do Amaral; Silvio Roberto Sousa-Pereira; Carlos Maurício Antunes; José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 37-44 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900007

A bacterial artificial chromosome library for Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate snail host of Schistosoma mansoni Coen M Adema; Mei-Zhong Luo; Ben Hanelt; Lynn A Hertel; Jennifer J Marshall; Si-Ming Zhang; Randall J DeJong; Hye-Ran Kim; David Kudrna; Rod A Wing; Cari Soderlund; Matty Knight; Fred A Lewis; Roberta Lima Caldeira; Liana K Jannotti-Passos; Omar dos Santos Carvalho; Eric S Loker PAGE: 167-177 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900027

Biomphalaria spp. (Preston, 1910) snails in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Zona da Mata Mineira mesoregion, ate of Minas Gerais, Brazil Sandra Helena Cerrato Tibiriçá; Elisabeth Cristina Almeida Bessa; Adalberto Mittherofhe; Milton Ferreira de Castro; Omar dos Santos Carvalho; Roberta Lima Caldeira; Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos; Ana Márcia Menezes de Mattos; Liliane Sena Pinheiro; Dirany Sacramento e Silva; Fabiana Oliveira Bastos; Gabriela Quirino Andreoli; Glauco Resende Bonato; Elaine Soares Coimbra PAGE: 179-184 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900028

Long-term outcomes of school-based treatment for control of urinary schistosomiasis: a review of experience in Coast Province, Kenya Charles H King PAGE: 299-306 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900047

CD4 T cells producing pro-inflammatory interleukin-17 mediate high pathology in schistosomiasi Laura I Rutitzky; Miguel J Stadecker PAGE: 327-330 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900052

The role of chemokines in Schistosoma mansoni infection: insights from human disease and murine models Adriano LS Souza; Silvio R Sousa-Pereira; Mauro M Teixeira; José R Lambertucci; Antonio L Teixeira PAGE: 333-338 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900054

High expression of co-stimulatory and adhesion molecules are observed on eosinophils during human Schistosoma mansoni infection Denise Silveira-Lemos; Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho; Olindo Assis Martins-Filho; Lúcia Fraga Alves Oliveira; Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira PAGE: 345-351 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900056

Preliminar evaluation of cytokines in the hepatitis C-schistosomiasis co-infection Clarice NL Morais; Bruno M Carvalho; Wlademir G Melo; Edmundo PA Lopes; Ana Lúcia C Domingues; Norma T Jucá; Wayner Souza; Frederico GC Abath; Silvia ML Montenegro PAGE: 353-354 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900057

Comparison of the Kato-Katz and Helmintex methods for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in a low-intensity transmission focus in Bandeirantes, Paraná, southern Brazil Kerlen Caldeira; Candida Fagundes Teixeira; Manoela Borges da Silveira; Lucas Castello Costa de Fries; Juliano Romanzini; Hélio Radke Bittencourt; Carlos Graeff-Teixeira PAGE: 690-692 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500019

Polymerase chain reaction for the evaluation of Schistosoma mansoni infection in two low endemicity areas of Minas Gerais, Brazil  Gabriel Costa de Carvalho; Letícia Helena dos Santos Marques; Luciana Inácia Gomes; Ana Rabello; Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro; Kezia Katiane Gorza Scopel; Sandra Helena Cerrato Tibiriçá; Elaine Soares Coimbra; Clarice Abramo PAGE: 899-902 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000700010

Evaluation of two coproscopic techniques for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in a low-transmission area in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira; Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho; Áureo Almeida de Oliveira; Cristiano Lara Massara; Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro; Anna Carolina Lustosa Lima; Martin Johannes Enk PAGE: 844-850 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000700010

Further evaluation of an updated PCR assay for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni DNA in human stool samples Luciana I Gomes; Letícia HS Marques; Martin J Enk; Paulo Marcos Z Coelho; Ana Rabello PAGE: 1194-1196 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000800021

Development of a real time polymerase chain reaction for quantitation of Schistosoma mansoni DNA Ana Lisa do Vale Gomes; Fábio L Melo; Roberto P Werkhauser; Frederico GC Abath PAGE: 133-136 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900021

Thalidomide failed to inhibit angiogenesis and fibrosis in hepatic schistosomiasis of the mouse Camila Bião Lima; Karen Brasil Iglesias; Zilton A Andrade PAGE: 883-885 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000115

Immunological and parasitological parameters after treatment with dexamethasone in murine Schistosoma mansoni Ibrahim RB Aly ; Mohamed A Hendawy; Eman Ali; Eman Hassan; Mona MF Nosseir PAGE: 729-735 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600001

The role of population movement in the epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis in Brazil: a preliminary typology of population movement Helmut Kloos; Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira; Dener Carlos dos Reis; Ed Wilson Rodrigues; Luciana Alves Silveira Monteiro; Andrea Gazzinelli PAGE: 578-586 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400038

Clinical versus ultrasound examination in the evaluation of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni in endemic areas Carolina Coimbra Marinho; Izabela Voieta; Letícia Martins Azeredo; Marina Pires Nishi; Thaís Sanai Batista; Ana Carolina Figueiredo Pereira; José Carlos Serufo; Leonardo Campos de Queiroz; Raiza Ruiz-Guevara; Carlos Maurício Antunes; Aluízio Prata; José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 317-321 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900050

Disagreement between ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the identification of schistosomal periportal fibrosis Luciana CS Silva; Ana CF Pereira; Leonardo C Queiroz; Luciene M Andrade; Carlos MF Antunes; José R Lambertucci PAGE: 279-282 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900043

Imatinib activity on Schistosoma mansoni Naftale Katz, Flávia Fernanda Bubulo Couto, Neusa Araújo PAGE: 850-853 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130207

Habitat preference of freshwater snails in relation to environmental factors and the presence of the competitor snail Melanoides tuberculatus (Müller, 1774) Alexandre Giovanelli, Cesar Luiz Pinto Ayres Coelho da Silva, Geórgia Borges Eccard Leal, Darcílio Fernandes Baptista PAGE: 169-176

Saponins from Swartzia langsdorffii: Biological Activities Aderbal Farias Magalhães, Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi, Celira Caparica Santos, Deborah Regina Serrano, Eliana Maria Zanotti-Magalhães, Eva Gonçalves Magalhães, Luiz Augusto Magalhães PAGE: 713-718

Experimental Models of Schistosoma mansoni Infection Allen W Cheever, Jane A Lenzi, Henrique L Lenzi, Zilton A Andrade PAGE: 917-940

Ultrastructural Alterations in Adult Schistosoma mansoni Caused by Artemether Xiao Shuhua, Shen Binggui, Jürg Utzinger, Jacques Chollet, Marcel Tanner PAGE: 717-724

The Molluscicidal Activity of Niclosamide (Bayluscide WP70®) on Melanoides tuberculata (Thiaridae), a Snail Associated with Habitats of Biomphalaria glabrata (Planorbidae) Alexandre Giovanelli, Cesar Luiz Pinto Ayres Coelho da Silva, Luisa Medeiros*, Maurício Carvalho de Vasconcellos PAGE: 743-745

Interaction between the Intermediate Host of Schistosomiasis in Brazil Biomphalaria glabrata (Planorbidae) and a Possible Competitor Melanoides tuberculata (Thiaridae): I. Laboratory Experiments Alexandre Giovanelli, Marcus Vinícius Vieira*, Cesar Luiz Pinto Ayres Coelho da Silva PAGE: 363-369

The Molluscicidal Activity of the Latex of Euphorbia splendens var. hislopii on Melanoides tuberculata(Thiaridae), a Snail Associated with Habitats of Biomphalaria glabrata (Pla Alexandre Giovanelli, Cesar Luiz Pinto Ayres Coelho da Silva, Luisa Medeiros*, Maurício Carvalho de Vasconcellos PAGE: 123-125

Microhabitat Preferences of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis in a Natural and a Man-made Habitat in Southeastern Tanzania Jürg Utzinger, Marcel Tanner PAGE: 287-294

Screening of Asteraceae (Compositae) Plant Extracts for Molluscicidal Activity Nelymar M Mendes, Rogério O Queiroz, Telma SM Grandi, Antônio MG dos Anjos, Alaíde B de Oliveira, Carlos L Zani PAGE: 411-412

The Last Fifteen Years of Schistosomiasis in Venezuela: Features and Evolution Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Carlos Balzan, César Arteaga, Italo Cesari, Oscar Noya PAGE: 139-146

Identification of a Transmission Focus of Schistosoma mansoni in the Southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Celso B dos Anjos, Valderes C de Oliveira, Carlos FP Velloso, Maria Bernardete S da Fonseca, Cristiana Valar, Caroline Moraes, Cinara T Garrido, Ronaldo S do Amaral

Myofibroblasts in Schistosomal Portal Fibrosis of Man Zilton A Andrade, Sylviane Guerret, André LM Fernandes PAGE: 87-93

The Role of the Scientific Research in the Control of Schistosomiasis in Endemic Areas Aluízio Prata PAGE: 5-11

Epidemiological and Control Aspects of Schistosomiasis in Brazilian Endemic Areas JR Coura, RS Amaral PAGE: 13-19

Cytokine Profile Associated with Human Chronic Schistosomiasis Mansoni Andréa Magalhães, Delfin Gonzalez Miranda, Roberval Gonzalez Miranda,Maria Ilma Araújo, Adriana Almeida de Jesus, Angela Silva,Luciana B Santana,Edward Pearce,Edgar M Carvalho,Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus PAGE: 21-26

Schistosomiasis Protects against Multiple Sclerosis Anne Camille La Flamme, Kanishka Canagasabey, Marina Harvie, B Thomas Bäckström PAGE: 33-36

Vaccination with Antioxidant Enzymes Confers Protective Immunity against Challenge Infection with Schistosoma mansoni Philip T LoVerde, Claudia Carvalho-Queiroz, Rosemary Cook PAGE: 37-43

Schistosomal Hepatopathy Zilton A Andrade PAGE: 51-57

Involvement of Central Nervous System in the Schistosomiasis Teresa Cristina de Abreu Ferrari PAGE: 59-62

Spatial Distribution of Schistosomiasis Foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil CS Barbosa, KC Araújo, L Antunes, T Favre, OS Pieri PAGE: 79-83

Interactions between Schistosomiasis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Western Kenya W Evan Secor, Diana MS Karanja, Daniel G Colley PAGE: 93-95

Rural Tourism as Risk Factor for the Transmission of Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil Martin J Enk, Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Virginia T Schall PAGE: 105-108

A Pedagogical Approach of Schistosomiasis An Experience in Health Education in Minas Gerais, Brazil Cristiano Lara Massara, Virgínia Torres Schall PAGE: 113-119

Factors Associated with Schistosomiasis Mansoni in a Population from the Municipality of Jaboticatubas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Cristiano Lara Massara, Sérgio Viana Peixoto, Héliton da Silva Barros, Martin Johannes Enk, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Virgínia Schall PAGE: 127-134

Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Bananal (State of São Paulo, Brazil). IV. Study on the Public Awareness of its Risks in the Palha District Rubens Antonio da Silva, Maria Esther de Carvalho, Fabiana Zacharias, Valquíria R de Lima, Horacio MS Teles PAGE: 15-18

Identification of Snails within the Bulinus africanus Group from East Africa by Multiplex SNaPshot™ Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms within the Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I JR Stothard, J Llewellyn-Hughes, CE Griffin, SJ Hubbard, TK Kristensen, D Rollinson PAGE: 31-36

Protective Immunity of Single and Multi-antigen DNA Vaccines against Schistosomiasis E Nascimento, IC Leão, VRA Pereira, YM Gomes, P Chikhlikar, T August, E Marques, N Lucena-Silva PAGE: 105-109

Antibody Isotype Responses to Egg Antigens in Human Chronic Schistosomiasis Mansoni Before and After Treatment Yara M Gomes, Valéria RA Pereira, Mineo Nakazawa, Ulisses Montarroyos, Wayner V Souza, Frederico GC Abath PAGE: 111-112

Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Low Transmission Areas. Abdominal Ultrasound R Ruiz, P Candia, M Garassini, C Tombazzi, G Certad, AC Bruces, O Noya, B Alarcón de Noya PAGE: 153-159

Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Schistosoma Infection: the Detection of Parasite DNA Ana Rabello, Luís André Pontes, Emmanuel Dias-Neto PAGE: 171-172

Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Bananal (State of São Paulo, Brazil). I. Efficiency of Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures Horacio Manuel Santana Teles, Maria Esther de Carvalho, Cláudio Santos Ferreira, Fabiana Zacharias, Valquíria Rosa de Lima, Maria Lucia Condino Fadel PAGE: 181-186

Achievements of Schistosomiasis Control in China Hongchang Yuan, Qingwu Jiang, Genming Zhao, Na He PAGE: 187-189

Schistosomiasis Epidemiology and Control: How Did We Get Here and Where Should We Go? RF Sturrock PAGE: 17-27

The Identification and Characterization of New Immunogenic Egg Components: Implications for Evaluation and Control of the Immunopathogenic T Cell Response in Schistosomiasis Miguel J Stadecker, Hector J Hernandez, Hiroko Asahi PAGE: 29-33

Information and Education in Schistosomiasis Control: an Analysis of the Situation in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Virgínia Schall, Maria Cecília Pinto Diniz PAGE: 35-43

Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathy due to Schistosoma mansoni: Report on 23 Cases Vandack Nobre, Luciana CS Silva, João G Ribas, Abdunnabi Rayes, JC Serufo, MA Lana-Peixoto, Rosana FZ Marinho, JR Lambertucci PAGE: 137-141

Schistosomiasis mansoni is Asssociated with Pyogenic Liver Abscesses in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Rosângela Teixeira, Francis Jardim Pfeilsticker, Giovanna DC Santa Cecília, Vandack Nobre, Lúcia Porto Fonseca, José Carlos Serufo, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 143-146

Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis in Field-based Studies: a Combined Clinical and Sonographic Definition José Roberto Lambertucci, Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Rogério Augusto Pinto-Silva, José Carlos Serufo, Rogério Gerspacher-Lara, Sandra Costa Drummond, Carlos Maurício Antunes, Vandack Nobre, Abdunnabi Rayes PAGE: 147-150

Report of the Second Satellite Symposium on Ultrasound in Schistosomiasis Joachim Richter, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, Cristina H Barata, Aluizio R Prata, José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 151-156

Replacing Oxamniquine by Praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni Infection in a Rural Community from the Sugar-cane Zone of Northeast Brazil: an Epidemiological Follow-up Lilian Beck, Tereza Cristina Favre, Otávio Sarmento Pieri, Luciana Carvalho Zani, Glauce Gajo Domas, Constança Simões Barbosa PAGE: 165-167

Role of Cytokines in the Formation and Downregulation of Hepatic Circumoval Granulomas and Hepatic Fibrosis in Schistosoma mansoni-Infected Mice Allen W Cheever, Dragana Jankovic, George S Yap, Marika C Kullberg, Alan Sher, Thomas A Wynn PAGE: 25-32

Schistosomiasis Control in Brazil Naftale Katz PAGE: 33-35

Microgeographical Patterns of Schistosomiasis and Water Contact Behavior; Examples from Africa and Brazil Helmut Kloos*, Andréa Gazzinelli*/, Paul Van Zuyle** PAGE: 37-50

An Interactive Perspective of Health Education for the Tropical Disease Control: the Schistosomiasis Case Virgínia T Schall PAGE: 51-58

The Stabilizing Effects of the Acquired Immunity on the Schistosomiasis Transmission Modeling - The Sensitivity Analysis Hyun Mo Yang/,Ariana Campos Yang* PAGE: 63-73

Different Approaches to Modelling the Cost-effectiveness of Schistosomiasis Control Helen Guyatt PAGE: 75-84

Glutathione S-Transferases of 28kDa as Major Vaccine Candidates against Schistosomiasis Gilles Riveau/, Odile Poulain-Godefroy, Loïc Dupré, Franck Remoué, Nathalie Mielcarek, Camille Locht*, André Capron PAGE: 87-94

Schistosomiasis Vaccine Development: Progress and Prospects NR Bergquist PAGE: 95-101

Evaluation of parasitological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis and assessment of cure of schistosomiasis mansoni in a low transmission area Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira, Luciana Inácia Gomes, Edward Oliveira, Eduardo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Áureo Almeida de Oliveira, Martin Johannes Enk, Nídia Figueiredo Carneiro, Ana Rabello, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho PAGE: 209-214 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140375

Genital Manifestations of Schistosomiasis mansoni in Women: Important but Neglected Hermann Feldmeier/, Raimundo Correia Daccal*, Mario Jorge Martins*, Valquiria Soares*, Ronaldo Martins** PAGE: 127-133

Schistosomiasis and Associated Infections JR Lambertucci/, AAM Rayes, JC Serufo, R Gerspacher-Lara, G Brasileiro-Filho, R Teixeira, CMF Antunes, AM Goes*, PMZ Coelho** PAGE: 135-139

Use of Synthetic Peptides Derived from Adult Worm Proteins of Schistosoma mansoni, in the Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis Oscar Noya/*/, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Diana Ballén, Noraida Zerpa*, Cecilia Colmenares, Sandra Losada, Henry Bermúdez PAGE: 157-158

The Spleen is an Important Site of T Cell Activation During Human Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis OA Martins-Filho/*, JRC Mello**, R Correa-Oliveira/ PAGE: 159-164

IgE and IgG4 Antibodies in Subjects Reinfected with Schistosoma mansoni in an Endemic Area of Northeast Brazil Yara M Gomes, Felipe C Gomes, Veridiana C Furtado, Kirte M Teixeira, Wayner V Souza, Frederico GC Abath PAGE: 183-184

A Long-term Intake of a Protein Hydrolysate Seems to Increase the Risk of Encephalopathy in Mice Infected with Schistosoma mansoni Haroldo S Ferreira/, Eridan M Coutinho*, Graciliano Ramos A Nascimento, Mônica C Carvalho* PAGE: 199-203

Possible Hybridization of Brazilian Planorbid Snails and its Importance in Population Dynamics Clélia Christina Mello-Silva, Carlos Eduardo Grault/, Valdir Almeida da Costa*, Frederico Simões Barbosa** PAGE: 227-232

Effects of Euphorbia milii Latex on Schistosoma mansoni Eggs, Miracidia and Cercariae RR De-Carvalho, A Maldonado Jr*/, EC Oliveira-Filho/, AC Ribeiro*, FJR Paumgartten, L Rey* PAGE: 235-237

Morbidity of Schistosomiasis in an Endemic Area of the Northeast of the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil: a Clinical and Sonographic Study MJ Martins, RA Pinto-Silva, JC Serufo, AAM Rayes, MPS Damasceno*, MLV Martins*, APS Santos*, SC Drummond**, MAS Bezerra*, JR Lambertucci/ PAGE: 243-244

Splenic Palpation for the Evaluation of Morbidity due to Schistosomiasis Mansoni Rogério Gerspacher-Lara, Rogério A Pinto-Silva, José Carlos Serufo, Abdunnabi AM Rayes, Sandra C Drummond*, José Roberto Lambertucci/ PAGE: 245-248

Schistosomiasis Control Based on Repeated Chemotherapy in a Rural Village of the Sugar-Cane Zone in Northeast Brazil Otávio S Pieri/, Constança S Barbosa*, Patrícia G Moza PAGE: 259-264

The Situation of Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis in Brazil Today Zilton A Andrade PAGE: 313-316

Efficacy of Citrus reticulata and Mirazid in treatment of Schistosoma mansoni Manal A Hamed, Mona H Hetta PAGE: 771-778

Occurrence of Biomphalaria tenagophila and Disappearance of Biomphalaria straminea in Paracambi, RJ, Brazil Cesar LPA Coelho da Silva, Marisa S Soares, Magali GM Barreto PAGE: 37-38

Specific Identification of Biomphalaria tenagophila and Biomphalaria occidentalis Populations by the Low Stringency Polymerase Chain Reaction Edina Rodrigues Pires, Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Horácio MS Teles,Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 101-106

Evaluation of Chemical and Physical-morphological Factors as Potential Determinants of Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848) DistributionJürg Utzinger, Charles Mayombana, Konstanze Mez, Marcel Tanner PAGE: 323-328

Contrasting Genomic Variability between Clones from Field Isolates and Laboratory Populations of Schistosoma mansoni Patricia Machado Pintom , Cristiana FA Brito, Liana K Jannoti Passos, Miriam Tendler, Andrew JG Simpson PAGE: 409-414

Effects of Goyazensolide during in Vitro Cultivation of Schistosoma mansoni Léo Roberto Barth, Ana Paula Moraes Fernandes, João Tadeu Ribeiro-Paes, Vanderlei Rodrigues PAGE: 427-429

Effects of Bayluscide WP 70® on the Survival and Water-leaving Behaviour of Biomphalaria straminea, Snail Host of Schistosomiasis in Northeast Brazil Otília Sarquis, Otávio S Pieri, José Augusto A dos Santos PAGE: 619-623

Acute Schistosomiasis: Report on Five Singular Cases JR Lambertucci, AAM Rayes, CH Barata, R Teixeira, R Gerspacher-Lara PAGE: 631-635

Antigenic Recognition Pattern of Schistosomiasis Patients Bearing Different Parasite Burdens Yara M Gomes, Mineo Nakazawa, Kirte M Teixeira, Karla PO Luna, Frederico GC Abath PAGE: 655-656

Photodegradation of the Molluscicidal Latex of "Crown-of-Thorns" (Euphorbia milii var hislopii) EC Oliveira-Filho, FJR Paumgartten PAGE: 657-659

A Laboratory-based Approach to Biological Control of Snails Fred A Lewis, Matty Knight, Charles S Richards PAGE: 661-662

Diagnosing Schistosomiasis Ana Rabello PAGE: 669-676

Differential Regulation of Granuloma Size and Hepatic Fibrosis in Schistosome Infections Allen W Cheever PAGE: 689-692

Factors Involved in Schistosoma mansoni Infection, in Rural Areas of Northeast Brazil Eridan M Coutinho, Frederico GC Abath, Constança S Barbosa, Ana Lúcia C Domingues, Marcelo CV Melo, Silvia ML Montenegro, Maria Anunciada F Lucena, Sylvia AM Romani, Wayner V Souza, Amaury D Coutinho PAGE: 707-715

Evaluation of the Molluscicidal Properties of Euphorbia splendens var. hislopii (N.E.B.) Latex: Experimental Test in an Endemic Area in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Nelymar M Mendes, Maurício C Vasconcellos, Darcilio F Baptista, Roberto S Rocha, Virginia T Schall PAGE: 719-724

The WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Schistosomiasis at Niamey, Niger J-P Chippaux, D Boulanger, P Brémond, G Campagne, C Véra, B Sellin PAGE: 725-728

Gestation and breastfeeding in schistosomotic mothers differently modulate the immune response of adult offspring to postnatal Schistosoma mansoni infection Patrícia d'Emery Alves Santos, Virgínia Maria Barros de Lorena, Érica de Souza Fernandes, Iana Rafaela Fernandes Sales, Wheverton Ricardo Correia do Nascimento, Yara de Miranda Gomes, Mônica Camelo Pessoa de Azevedo Albuquerque, Vlaudia Maria Assis Costa, Valdênia Maria Oliveira de Souza PAGE: 83-92 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150293

Deep sequencing of small RNAs reveals the repertoire of miRNAs and piRNAs in Biomphalaria glabrata Fábio Ribeiro Queiroz, Laysa Gomes Portilho, Wander de Jesus Jeremias, Élio Hideo Babá, Laurence Rodrigues do Amaral, Luciana Maria Silva, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Matheus de Souza Gomes DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190498

A tale of two neglected tropical infections: using GIS to assess the spatial and temporal overlap of schistosomiasis and leprosy in a region of Minas Gerais, Brazil David Alexander Phillips, José Antonio Ferreira, Deidra Ansah, Herica SA Teixeira, Uriel Kitron, Thelma de Filippis, Marcelo H de Alcântara, Jessica K Fairley PAGE: 275-280 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160395

The use of circulating cathodic antigen rapid test and serology for diagnosis of active Schistosoma mansoni infection in migrants in Italy, a non-endemic country: a cross sectional study Laura Infurnari, Laura Galli, Alba Bigoloni, Alessia Carbone, Stefania Chiappetta, Angelo Sala, Norberto Ceserani, Adriano Lazzarin, Antonella Castagna, Giovanni Gaiera PAGE: 452-455 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160355

Schistosomiasis and hepatopulmonary syndrome: the role of concomitant liver cirrhosis Liana Gonçalves-Macedo, Edmundo Pessoa Lopes, Ana Lucia Coutinho Domingues, Brivaldo Markman-Filho, Vitor Gomes Mota, Carlos Feitosa Luna PAGE: 469-473 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160383

Nanoemulsion containing essential oil from Xylopia ochrantha Mart. produces molluscicidal effects against different species of Biomphalaria (Schistosoma hosts) Fernanda de Paula Araújo, Ricardo Diego Duarte Galhardo de Albuquerque, Leonardo da Silva Rangel, Gabriel Rocha Caldas, Luís Armando Cândido Tietbohl, Marcelo Guerra Santos, Eduardo Ricci-Júnior, Silvana Thiengo, Monica Ammon Fernandez, José Augusto Albuquerque dos Santos, Robson Xavier Faria, Leandro Rocha DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180489

Criteria for identification of Schistosoma mansoni eggs in faecal sediments prepared with the Helmintex method and stained by ninhydrin Renata Perotto de Souza, Vivian Favero, Vanessa Fey Paschoal, Catieli Lindholz, Hélio Radke Bittencourt, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180529

Genome-wide identification, characterisation and expression profiling of the ubiquitin-proteasome genes in Biomphalaria glabrata Laysa Gomes Portilho, Bruna Custódio Dias Duarte, Fábio Ribeiro Queiroz, Thales Henrique Cherubino Ribeiro, Wander de Jesus Jeremias, Elio Hideo Babá, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Enyara Rezende Morais, Fernanda Janku Cabral, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Matheus de Souza Gomes DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190052

Gestation and breastfeeding in schistosomotic mice differentially alters the expression of histone deacetylases (HDACs) in adult offspring  Gabriela Calixto Ribeiro de Holanda, Fabrício Oliveira Souto, Maria da Conceição Silva, Virgínia Maria Barros de Lorena, Vlaudia Maria Assis Costa, Monica Camelo Pessôa de Azevedo Albuquerque, Valdênia Maria Oliveira de Souza,José Luiz de Lima Filho DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190366

A review of serological tests available in Brazil for intestinal schistosomiasis diagnosis Lidia Mara da Silva Ramos, Rosiane A da Silva-Pereira, Edward Oliveira, Cristina Toscano Fonseca, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220236

Innate immune receptors are differentially expressed in mice during experimental Schistosoma mansoni early infection Janete Cunha Lima, Ramayana Morais de Medeiros Brito, Luanderson Cardoso Pereira, Nathalie de Sena Pereira, Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento, Alan Lane de Melo, Paulo Marcos Matta Guedes DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240013

Rapid on-site detection of echinococcosis and schistosomiasis based on RPA Lvbo Tian, Ying Shi, Yu Yang, Yuchen Wang DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230244