Schistosomiasis is currently considered controlled and close to elimination in some regions
of the world. However, a pitfall remains—the lack of a reliable diagnosis strategy for …

Diagnosis is not only the starting point for dealing with infectious diseases, but is also central
to their control and future elimination. Schistosomiasis, one of the major diseases of poverty …

Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease that afflicts more than 240 million
people, including many children and young adults, in the tropics and subtropics. The …

Within the World Health Organization 2012–2020 roadmap for control and elimination of
schistosomiasis, the scale-up of mass drug administration with praziquantel is set to change …

To date, reliable techniques that can provide accurate information on the local and global
prevalence of schistosomiasis are still associated with high costs or labour-intensive …

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharziasis is caused by snail transmitted parasites of the
genus schistosoma that inhabit the human vasculature.(1, 2) It is among the most important …

Introduction: Due to lower intensity of infection and greater intervals from last exposure,
parasitologic detection methods for schistosomiasis are poorly sensitive in non-endemic …

Background Schistosomiasis is a chronic helminth disease of humans, linked persistently
with poverty. Parasite transmission is reliant on poor sanitation for transmission from …

Schistosomiasis is a common disease in endemic areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, South
America and Asia. It is rare in Europe, mainly imported from endemic countries due to …

When it is important to detect schistosome infection with high sensitivity, particularly where
local elimination is planned, detection of parasite-specific DNA should be considered as part …