While several species of blood fluke worms can cause schistosomiasis, the current study focused on Schistosoma mansoni. This species causes the intestinal and hepatic form of the disease, which ...

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 ...

Researchers have uncovered new insights into the mechanisms behind severe schistosomiasis, focusing on how immune responses ...

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 ...

Generalization of the results to all Schistosoma species may be difficult as in the study presented here only eggs of S. mansoni were detected by microscopy. A minimum amount of two millilitre of ...

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