Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that has evolved together with the humankind.
Evidence in ancient Egyptian medical papyri or Assyrian medical texts reported signs and …

Background Schistosomiasis is one of the most disabling neglected tropical diseases,
ranking second in terms of years lived with disability. While treatment with the drug …

Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving
together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle …

Purpose For the evolution of schistosomiasis in China, a systematic review was provided
about the history of the disease and its public health impacts. We aimed to depict the journey …

Parasites have been infecting humans throughout our evolution. When complex societies
developed, the greater population density provided new opportunities for parasites to …

In spite of considerable progress made in the prevention and control of schistosomiasis and
other snail-borne diseases, transmission has intensified in some endemic areas as a result …

The burden of human schistosomiasis, a known but neglected tropical disease in Sub-
Saharan Africa, has been worrisome in recent years. It is becoming increasingly difficult to …

Schistosomiasis, one of the neglected tropical diseases which affects both humans and
animals, is caused by trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma. The disease is caused …

In Japan, schistosomiasis was endemic in Yamanashi Prefecture and a few other hotspot
areas where the Miya'iri snail lived. The parasite's lifecycle relied on the intermediary Miya'iri …

The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE), a
program focusing on schistosomiasis control in sub-Saharan Africa between 2008 and …