An attempt to study the economic loss arising from Schistosoma japonicum infection and the benefits derived from treatment.

From the northern and southern portions of Leyte Province, which are endemic for schistosomiasis, a total of 801 infected individuals were interviewed, examined, and classified into mild, moderate, severe and very severe forms of disease with an assumed loss of working capacity for each category. The frequency rate or number of spells of illness for the past year under observation were correlated with the degree of incapacity to get the total days lost per person per year. Following a series of computations, of which the disability rate was considered as the most important, a total of 45.

Development of the rapid and simple elisa (whole blood-ELISA) using coconut water-tween as a wash solution for whole blood sample from Schistosoma japonicum-infected rabbit and human.

PBS-Tween as a wash solution, prepared with distilled water, is used in ELISA. In areas where schistosomiasis is endemic, however, distilled water is hard to come by. We have modified a WHOLE BLOOD-ELISA test to use coconut water-Tween as a wash solution, because coconut water is easy to come by and cheap in the tropics.

Development of the rapid and simplified ELISA (WHOLE BLOOD-ELISA) using samples of Schistosoma japonicum-infected human whole blood.

An ELISA technique was developed using samples of Schistosoma japonicum-infected human whole blood based on the conventional ELISA. In this study, the following were demonstrated. 1) Whole blood samples could be used.

The schistosomiasis problem in the Philippines: a review.

A descriptive study was carried on the schistosomiasis problem in the Philippines from the time the disease was discovered in 1906 to the latter part of the 1990 s. Some research findings were reviewed including the nature of the disease itself. Based on the thrust of the control program which is centered mainly on selective mass treatment and progressed to disease stratification and mass treatment using praziquantel, a downward trend in the prevalence of the disease was observed-from an average of 10.