DNA Diagnostics for Schistosomiasis Control

A Microfiltration Device for Urogenital Schistosomiasis Diagnostics

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease affecting over 200 million people worldwide. This study reports the design and development of a microfiltration device for isolating schistosome eggs in urine for rapid diagnostics of urogenital schistosomiasis. The design of the device comprises a linear array of microfluidic traps to immobilize and separate schistosome eggs. Sequential loading of individ...

Self-Starting Control Chart and Post Signal Diagnostics for Monitoring Project Earned Value Management Indices

Earned value management (EVM) is a well-known approach in a project control system which uses some indices to track schedule and cost performance of a project. In this paper, a new statistical framework based on self-starting monitoring and change point estimation is proposed to monitor correlated EVM indices which are usually auto-correlated over time and non-normally distributed. Also, a new ...

4 Control of Schistosomiasis

Schistomiasis is a disease caused by digenetic trematodes that belong to the family Schistosomatoidae. Five species of Schistosomes are involved in human infection. The three principal agents are Schistosoma mansoni and S. japonicum which are responsible for intestinal schistosomiasis and S. haematobium, the aetiologic agent of urinary schistosomiasis. The other two species responsible for inte...

Control of Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis control in Brazil.

In 1975 the Special Programme for Schistosomiasis Control was introduced in Brazil with the objective of controlling this parasitic disease in six northeastern states. The methodology applied varied largely from state to state, but was based mainly on chemotherapy, This Programme was modified about ten years after it beginning with the main goals including control of morbidity and the blockage ...