The past three years has seen the launch of a new World Health Organization (WHO)
neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) roadmap, together with revised control and elimination …

Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by helminth parasites of the genus
Schistosoma. Worldwide, an estimated 250 million people are infected with these parasites …

Schistosomiasis is the second most important human parasitic disease in terms of
socioeconomic impact, causing great morbidity and mortality, predominantly across the …

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 …

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 …

Background The risk of co-infection with Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni and the
potential harmful effect on morbidity and control is enhanced by the overlapping distribution …

Hybridization of parasites is an emerging public health concern at the interface of infectious
disease biology and evolution. Increasing economic development, human migration, global …

Background Accurate diagnosis followed by timely treatment is an effective strategy for the
prevention of complications together with reducing schistosomiasis transmission …

Background The diagnosis of schistosomiasis currently relies on microscopic detection of
schistosome eggs in stool or urine samples and serological assays. The poor sensitivity of …

Interrogating the genetic make-up of schistosome larvae (ie, eggs, miracidia, and cercariae)
originating from definitive or intermediate snail hosts with molecular DNA methods has, by …