Liver flukes include Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica, Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis
spp., Fascioloides magna, Gigantocotyle explanatum and Dicrocoelium spp. The two main …

Many first-line treatments for neglected tropical diseases identified by the World Health
Organization (WHO) are limited by one or more of the following: the development of drug …

Schistosomiasis remains a serious health issue nowadays for an estimated one billion
people in 79 countries around the world. Great efforts have been made to identify good …

Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by helminth parasites of the genus
Schistosoma. Worldwide, an estimated 250 million people are infected with these parasites …

Infectious diseases like malaria, tuberculosis or HIV are among the leading causes of death
worldwide according to WHO estimations. Nevertheless, the fight against infectious diseases …

Schistosomiasis is the most important helminthiasis worldwide in terms of morbidity and
mortality. Most of the infections occurs in Africa, which about two thirds are caused by …

Drug discovery for schistosomiasis is still limited to a handful of academic laboratories
worldwide, with only a few novel antischistosomal lead compounds being actively …

Abstract The World Health Organization 'Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable
Development Goals: A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030'outlines the …

Helminths contribute a larger global burden of disease than both malaria and tuberculosis.
These eukaryotes have caused human infections since before our earliest recorded history …

Malaria and schistosomiasis are two major parasitic diseases that remain leading causes of
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Co-infections of these two parasites are common in the …