The new WHO Roadmap for Neglected Tropical Diseases targets the global elimination of
schistosomiasis as a public health problem. To date, control strategies have focused on …

Schistosomiasis remains to be a significant public health problem in tropical and subtropical
regions. Despite remarkable progress that has been made in the control of the disease over …

Schistosomiasis, a challenging neglected tropical disease, affects millions of people
worldwide. Developing a prophylactic vaccine against Schistosoma mansoni has been …

Our understanding of the mechanisms that modulate gene expression in animals is strongly
biased by studying a handful of model species that mainly belong to three groups: Insecta …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) infection in cattle, is
an economically devastating chronic disease for livestock worldwide. Efficient disease …

Background Schistosomiasis is an underestimated neglected tropical disease which affects
over 236.6 million people worldwide. According to the CDC, the impact of this disease is …

After many decades of research, a schistosome vaccine still looks to be a distant prospect.
These helminths can live in the human bloodstream for years, even decades, surrounded by …

The self-cure of rhesus macaques from a schistosome infection and their subsequent strong
immunity to a cercarial challenge should provide novel insights into the way these parasites …

Schistosomiasis threatens hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The larval stage of
Schistosoma mansoni migrates through the lung and adult worms reside adjacent to the …

Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by trematodes of the genus Schistosoma that affects
over 200 million people worldwide. For decades, praziquantel (PZQ) has been the only …