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

Background: Water-related, including waterborne, diseases remain important sources of
morbidity and mortality worldwide, but particularly in develo** countries. The potential for …

Schistosomes are digenean flukes, parasitic of birds, mammals and crocodiles. The family
Schistosomatidae contains species of considerable medical and veterinary importance …

Freshwater snails have received much attention for their role as intermediate hosts for
trematodes causing disease in people and animals such as schistosomiasis and various …

Schistosomiasis found in communities along the Mekong River in Cambodia and Lao
People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is caused by the blood fluke Schistosoma …

Les trématodes parasites partagent une relation intime avec les gastéropodes, leurs hôtes
intermédiaires, qui servent de véhicule à leur développement et à leur transmission. Ces …

In the Mekong River basin, the first case of schistosomiasis was reported in 1957. In the
1960s, endemic areas of the infection, of which profiles were similar to those of …

Because of their role in causing schistosomiasis, flukes of the genus Schistosoma are the
best known of all digeneans. The genus has traditionally been divided into four familiar …

This study establishes the continental phylogeographical pattern of a European nematode,
Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Dujardin, 1845; Heligmosomoidea). We sequenced 687 base …

We review how molecular markers and evolutionary analysis have been applied to the study
of schistosome parasites, important pathogens that infect over 200 million people worldwide …