Search Results - "Krantz, Ingela"

Tungiasis--a neglected disease with many challenges for global public health by Feldmeier, Hermann, Heukelbach, Jorg, Ugbomoiko, Uade Samuel, Sentongo, Elizabeth, Mbabazi, Pamela, von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg, Krantz, Ingela

“…  Despite the substantial disease burden caused by embedded sand fleas, tungiasis is basically neglected by health care providers, policy makers, the…”
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High-resolution infrared thermography: a new tool to assess tungiasis-associated inflammation of the skin by Schuster, Angela, Thielecke, Marlene, Raharimanga, Vaomalala, Ramarokoto, Charles Emile, Rogier, Christophe, Krantz, Ingela, Feldmeier, Hermann

“…Tungiasis is highly prevalent in low- and middle-income countries but remains often under diagnosed and untreated eventually leading to chronic sequels. The…”
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Female genital schistosomiasis as an evidence of a neglected cause for reproductive ill-health: a retrospective histopathological study from Tanzania by Swai, Britta, Poggensee, Gabriele, Mtweve, Sabina, Krantz, Ingela

“…Schistosomiasis affects the reproductive health of women. Described sequelae are ectopic pregnancy, infertility, abortion, and cervical lesions and symptoms…”
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Treatment of tungiasis with a two-component dimeticone: a comparison between moistening the whole foot and directly targeting the embedded sand fleas by Nordin, Per, Thielecke, Marlene, Ngomi, Nicholas, Mudanga, George Mukone, Krantz, Ingela, Feldmeier, Hermann

“…Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas ( , Siphonaptera) into the skin. It belongs to the neglected tropical diseases…”
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Global Health Action at 15 - revisiting its rationale by Wall, Stig, Emmelin, Maria, Krantz, Ingela, Nilsson, Maria, Norström, Fredrik, Schröders, Julia, Stewart Williams, Jennifer, Östergren, Per-Olof

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A way of measuring poverty that could further a change for the better by Feldmeier, Hermann, Krantz, Ingela

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From a weighing scale to a pole: a comparison of two different dosage strategies in mass treatment of Schistosomiasis haematobium by Nordin, Per, Poggensee, Gabriele, Mtweve, Sabina, Krantz, Ingela

“…Clinical schistosomiasis in endemic countries is treated with a single dose of praziquantel per 40 mg/kg body weight. Treating according to weight, in…”
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Screening migrants for tuberculosis - a missed opportunity for improving knowledge and attitudes in high-risk groups: A cross-sectional study of Swedish-language students in Umeå, Sweden by Nkulu, Faustine K K, Hurtig, Anna-Karin, Ahlm, Clas, Krantz, Ingela

“…Migrants from countries with a high-burden of tuberculosis (TB) are at a particular risk of contracting and developing the disease. In Sweden, new immigrants…”
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On the application of the von Mises distribution and angular regression methods to investigate the seasonality of disease onset by Gao, Fei, Chia, Kee-Seng, Krantz, Ingela, Nordin, Per, Machin, David

“…This paper describes an approach to summarize the data arising from studies investigating the pattern of disease onset within a calendar year. Such data have…”
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Ethics and vaccination by Krantz, Ingela, Sachs, Lisbeth, Nilstun, Tore

“…Background: Immunization programmes are ethically defensible and society has a significant role to play in providing vaccination against measles and…”
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Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): relationship between gynecological and histopathological findings by Helling-Giese, Gertrud, Sjaastad, Aimee, Poggensee, Gabriele, Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke, Richter, Joachim, Chitsulo, Lester, Kumwenda, Newton, Racz, Paul, Roald, Borghild, Gundersen, Svein Gunnar, Krantz, Ingela, Feldmeier, Hermann

“…Schistosomiasis of the lower female reproductive tract manifests itself in broad spectrum of clinical features. However, clinical and histopathological…”
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Determining the prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis based on the discordance between egg counts and haematuria in populations from northern Tanzania by Nordin, Per, Nyale, Edwin, Kalambo, Clement, Ahlberg, Beth Maina, Feldmeier, Hermann, Krantz, Ingela

“…Objectives: The presence of schistosomal eggs in the urine is a sufficient but not necessary condition for an individual to be diagnosed with urogenital…”
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Schistosomiasis in women: manifestations in the upper reproductive tract by Helling-Giese, Gertrud, Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke, Gundersen, Svein Gunmar, Poggensee, Gabriele, Richter, Joachim, Krantz, Ingela, Feldmeier, Hermann

“…Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected disease entity which may give rise to considerable suffering among women of child-bearing age in areas…”
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WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium. Acceptance and evolution over 14 years. Systematic review by Akpata, Robert, Neumayr, Andreas, Holtfreter, Martha C, Krantz, Ingela, Singh, Daman D, Mota, Rodrigo, Walter, Susanne, Hatz, Christoph, Richter, Joachim

“…In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) published an ultrasound field protocol for assessing morbidity due to schistosomiasis. The present study aims to…”
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'Better infection than hunger'. A study of illness perceptions with special focus on urinary schistosomiasis in Northern Tanzania by Ahlberg, Beth Maina, Mwangi, Rose, Poggensee, Gabriel, Feldmeier, Hermann, Krantz, Ingela

“…This paper is about how a community in Northern Tanzania experiences and reasons around urinary schistosomiasis and more specifically female genital…”
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Important, but neglected: the health of young women in a tropical environment by Krantz, Ingela, Feldmeier, Hermann

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Tungiasis--A Neglected Disease with Many Challenges for Global Public Health: e3133 by Feldmeier, Hermann, Heukelbach, Jorg, Ugbomoiko, Uade Samuel, Sentongo, Elizabeth, Mbabazi, Pamela, Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg von, Krantz, Ingela, Tungiasis, Expert Group

“…Despite the substantial disease burden caused by embedded sand fleas, tungiasis is basically neglected by health care providers, policy makers, the scientific…”
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Fear of Deportation May Limit Legal Immigrants’ Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Care: A Survey of Swedish Language School Students in Northern Sweden by Nkulu Kalengayi, Faustine Kyungu, Hurtig, Anna-Karin, Ahlm, Clas, Krantz, Ingela

“…The increasing rates of HIV infection that are currently being reported in high-income countries can be partly explained by migration from countries with…”
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Erratum to: The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium. Acceptance and evolution over 14 years. Systematic review by Akpata, Robert, Neumayr, Andreas, Holtfreter, Martha C., Krantz, Ingela, Singh, Daman D., Mota, Rodrigo, Walter, Susanne, Hatz, Christoph, Richter, Joachim

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Urine reagent strips for diagnosis of schistosomiasis haematobium in women of fertile age by Gundersen, Svein Gunnar, Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke, Poggensee, Gabriele, Helling-Giese, Gertrud, Richter, Joachim, Chitsulo, Lester, Koumwenda, Newton, Krantz, Ingela, Feldmeier, Hermann

“…Hematuria, proteinuria and leukocyturia were semiquantitatively assessed by reagent strips in single morning urine of women of fertile age visiting the…”
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