Currently, schistosomes infect∼ 40 million women of child-bearing age, yet little is known
about schistosome-associated morbidity in pregnant women and their offspring. Animal …

Chronic infections during pregnancy are highly prevalent in some parts of the world.
Infections with helminths, Trypanosoma cruzi, Plasmodium spp, and HIV might affect the …

It has been proposed that helminth infection may be particularly detrimental during
pregnancy, through adverse effects on maternal anaemia and on birth outcomes, and that …

Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms of the Schistosoma spp., and is
increasingly recognized to alter the immune system, and the potential to respond to …

Despite mass drug administration programmes with praziquantel, the prevalence of
schistosomiasis remains high. A vaccine is urgently needed to control transmission of this …

Background Schistosomiasis, a chronic helminth infection, elicits distinct immune responses
within the host, ranging from an initial TH 1 and subsequent TH 2 phase to a regulatory …

Schistosomiasis is a debilitating helminthiasis which commonly establishes as a chronic
infection in people from endemic areas. As a potent modulator of the host immune response …

Schistosomes infect∼ 40 million women of childbearing age and result in the elaboration of
proinflammatory cytokines that have been implicated in fetal growth restriction. In murine …

Schistosomiasis remains a neglected tropical disease of major public health concern with
high levels of morbidity in various parts of the world. Although considerable efforts in …

Despite growing evidence that infants and very young children can be infected with
schistosomes, the epidemiological features and risk factors are not well described in this …