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 …

Schistosomiasis is a tropical parasitic disease caused by blood-dwelling fluke worms of the
genus Schistosoma whose infective stages, the cercariae, are amplified through mollusks …

Background Schistosomiasis is a disease that significantly impacts human health in the
developing world. Effective diagnostics are urgently needed for improved control of this …

Multiplex PCR is a valuable tool in many biological studies but it is a multifaceted procedure
that has to be planned and optimised thoroughly to achieve robust and meaningful results …

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 …

Background Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease of global medical and
veterinary importance. As efforts to eliminate schistosomiasis as a public health problem and …

Background Schistosomes are dioecious parasitic flatworms, which live in the vasculature of
their mammalian definitive hosts. They are the causative agent of schistosomiasis, a disease …

Monitoring post-control transmission of schistosomes by examining humans becomes less
effective as infection rates among humans decrease. Molecular monitoring of prepatent …

Schistosomiasis remains a parasitic infection which poses serious public health
consequences around the world, particularly on the African continent where cases of …

We previously described loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for detection of
Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni DNA in infected snails. In the present study, we …