Climatic changes and their role in emergence and re-emergence of diseases

A El-Sayed, M Kamel - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Global warming and the associated climate changes are predictable. They are enhanced by
burning of fossil fuels and the emission of huge amounts of CO 2 gas which resulted in …

The one health concept: 10 years old and a long road ahead

D Destoumieux-Garzón, P Mavingui… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the past decade, a significant increase in the circulation of infectious agents was
observed. With the spread and emergence of epizootics, zoonoses, and epidemics, the risks …

Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic

DH Molyneux, L Savioli, D Engels - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
The concept of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) emerged more than a decade ago and
has been recognised as a valid way to categorise diseases that affect the poorest …

Schistosomiasis with a focus on Africa

OP Aula, DP McManus, MK Jones… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease of impoverished people and
livestock in many developing countries in tropical Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin …

Outbreak of urogenital schistosomiasis in Corsica (France): an epidemiological case study

J Boissier, S Grech-Angelini, BL Webster… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease endemic in several tropical
and subtropical countries. However, in the summer of 2013, an unexpected outbreak of …

Asian schistosomiasis: current status and prospects for control leading to elimination

CA Gordon, J Kurscheid, GM Williams… - Tropical medicine and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by helminth parasites of the genus
Schistosoma. Worldwide, an estimated 250 million people are infected with these parasites …

Hybridizations within the genus Schistosoma: implications for evolution, epidemiology and control

E Leger, JP Webster - Parasitology, 2017 - cambridge.org
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 …

One health–an ecological and evolutionary framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases

JP Webster, CM Gower, SCL Knowles… - Evolutionary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost
parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the …

Environmental DNA for improved detection and environmental surveillance of schistosomiasis

ME Sengupta, M Hellström… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Schistosomiasis is a water-based, infectious disease with high morbidity and significant
economic burdens affecting> 250 million people globally. Disease control has, with notable …

Cell-free DNA as a diagnostic tool for human parasitic infections

KG Weerakoon, DP McManus - Trends in parasitology, 2016 - cell.com
Parasites often cause devastating diseases and represent a significant public health and
economic burden. More accurate and convenient diagnostic tools are needed in support of …