It is time to raise global awareness to the possibility of schistosomiasis elimination and to
support endemic countries in their quest to determine the most appropriate approaches to …

Background Schistosomiasis affects more than 200 million individuals, mostly in sub-
Saharan Africa, but empirical estimates of the disease burden in this region are unavailable …

In May 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a resolution which urged member
states to attain, by 2010, a minimum target of regularly administering anthelminthic drugs to …

Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease, with more than 200 million people
infected and close to 800 million at risk. The disease burden is estimated to exceed 70 …

Background Two Kato-Katz thick smears (Kato-Katzs) from a single stool are currently
recommended for diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni infections to map areas for intervention …

Compared to malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, schistosomiasis remains a truly neglected
tropical disease. Schistosomiasis, perhaps more than any other disease, is entrenched in …

The occurrence of schistosomiasis within African infants and preschool children has been
much better documented in recent years, revealing an important burden of disease …

Schistosomiasis japonica, a chronic and debilitating disease caused by the blood fluke
Schistosoma japonicum, is still of considerable economic and public health concern in the …

In Nigeria, there is only very limited epidemiological information on which the control of
human urinary schistosomiasis could be based. In a cross-sectional study, therefore, the …

The strength of the evidence linking concurrency to HIV epidemic severity in southern and
eastern Africa led the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the Southern …