Climatic changes and their role in emergence and re-emergence of diseases

A El-Sayed, M Kamel - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Global warming and the associated climate changes are predictable. They are enhanced by
burning of fossil fuels and the emission of huge amounts of CO 2 gas which resulted in …

The effect of climate change and the snail-schistosome cycle in transmission and bio-control of schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa

TA Adekiya, RT Aruleba, BE Oyinloye… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the next century, global warming, due to changes in climatic factors, is expected to have
an enormous influence on the interactions between pathogens and their hosts. Over the …

Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment

RH Cowie, RT Dillon, DG Robinson… - American Malacological …, 2009 - BioOne
In 2002, the US Department of Agriculture requested assistance from the American
Malacological Society in the development of a list of non-native snails and slugs of top …

Potential changes in disease patterns and pharmaceutical use in response to climate change

CH Redshaw, WM Stahl-Timmins… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
As climate change alters environmental conditions, the incidence and global patterns of
human diseases are changing. These modifications to disease profiles and the effects upon …

Schistosomiasis in Europe

AF Gabrielli, A Garba Djirmay - Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purposeof Review The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the
burden of schistosomiasis in the European continent. It discusses three subjects: the …

Status Quo and Future Perspectives of Molecular and Genomic Studies on the Genus Biomphalaria—The Intermediate Snail Host of Schistosoma mansoni

MFF Au, GA Williams, JHL Hui - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Schistosomiasis, or also generally known as bilharzia or snail fever, is a parasitic disease
that is caused by trematode flatworms of the genus Schistosoma. It is considered by the …

Schistosoma haematobium–Schistosoma mansoni hybrid parasite in migrant boy, France, 2017

Y Le Govic, J Kincaid-Smith, JF Allienne… - Emerging infectious …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Schistosomiasis is frequently detected in persons entering Europe. In 2017, we detected a
Schistosoma mansoni–Schistosoma haematobium hybrid parasite infection in a migrant boy …

Invasion and Dispersal of Biomphalaria Species: Increased Vigilance Needed to Prevent the Introduction and Spread of Schistosomiasis

MR Habib, S Lv, D Rollinson, XN Zhou - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biological invasion is a matter of great concern from both public health and biodiversity
perspectives. Some invasive snail species may trigger disease emergence by acting as …

The Biomphalaria glabrata DNA methylation machinery displays spatial tissue expression, is differentially active in distinct snail populations and is modulated by interactions …

KK Geyer, UH Niazi, D Duval, C Cosseau… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The debilitating human disease schistosomiasis is caused by infection with
schistosome parasites that maintain a complex lifecycle alternating between definitive …

Persistent establishment of a tropical disease in Europe: the preadaptation of schistosomes to overwinter

S Mulero, O Rey, N Arancibia, S Mas-Coma… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Global changes promote the spread of infectious diseases worldwide. In this
context, tropical urogenital schistosomiasis is now permanently established in Corsica since …