New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis—a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

Schistosomiasis is a chronic and debilitating tropical parasitic disease caused by schistosomes (Schistosoma spp.), transmitted by freshwater snails. It is a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) of both ...

New research has revealed that Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium), a parasitic infection affecting millions globally, ...

There is a pressing need to develop new drugs and vaccines that are efficacious against all stages of the Schistosoma parasites, particularly in view of up-scaling the current administration of ...