The WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Schistosomiasis at Niamey, Niger.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 92(5): 725-8, 1997.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: The Centre de Recherche sur les Meningites et les Schistosomoses (CERMES), a research center in Niamey, Niger, affiliated with a West African public health organization, conducts studies in the areas of parasitology, epidemiology, and immunology. Significant variability in factors related to transmission of Schistosoma haematobium have been noted. Experimental research on the Schistosoma-bulinid compatibility and field surveys of the geographic distribution and role of snails in transmission have been essential to the design of parasite control interventions in West Africa. A CERMES-sponsored project, supported by the European Community, is examining urinary schistosomiasis control in the Niger river valley and the impact of treatment on ultrasonically visualized urologic lesions. The Experimental Vaccine Unit seeks to improve the route of administration and choice of adjuvant and to propose a vaccine protocol for field testing. Recombinant proteins have been found to alter the development of the parasite either by inducing a reduction in the parasite burden or an inhibition of the fecundity of the parasite.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Esquistosomiasis
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Vacunas
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Año:
1997
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Article
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Brasil