Schistosomiasis is the second most important human parasitic disease in terms of
socioeconomic impact, causing great morbidity and mortality, predominantly across the …

Since praziquantel was developed in 1970s, it has replaced other antischistosomal drugs to
become the only drug of choice for treatment of human schistosomiases, due to high …

Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma
mansoni. With the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global …

The current approach of morbidity control of schistosomiasis, a helminth disease of poverty
with considerable public health and socioeconomic impact, is based on preventive …

In May 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a resolution which urged member
states to attain, by 2010, a minimum target of regularly administering anthelminthic drugs to …

Hybridization of parasites is an emerging public health concern in our changing world.
Hybridization and introgression in parasites and pathogens can have major impacts on the …

Compared to malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, schistosomiasis remains a truly neglected
tropical disease. Schistosomiasis, perhaps more than any other disease, is entrenched in …

Background Point‐of‐care (POC) tests for diagnosing schistosomiasis include tests based
on circulating antigen detection and urine reagent strip tests. If they had sufficient diagnostic …

Diagnostic tools appropriate for undertaking interventions to control helminth infections are
key to their success. Many diagnostic tests for helminth infection have unsatisfactory …

The rapid evolution of anthelmintic resistance in a number of parasites of livestock and
domesticated animals has occurred in response to widespread use of anthelmintics for …