Abstract The 2011 Lasker~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors the Chinese
scientist Tu Youyou who discovered artemisinin and its utility for treating malaria. A therapy …

The efficacy and safety of oral artesunate+ sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (AS+ SP)(4 mg/kg AS
for 3 consecutive days+ 25 mg sulfadoxine on Day 0) in the treatment of Schistosoma …

Background Iron deficiency (ID) and malaria co-exist in tropical regions and both contribute
to high rates of anaemia in young children. It is unclear whether iron fortification combined …

While there are many challenges in vaccine development, none is greater than that of
developing vaccines against large metazoan parasites such as schistosomes, the parasitic …

Background Paragonimiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by an infection with lung
flukes that is transmitted through the consumption of undercooked crabs. The disease is …

Schistosomes, other trematodes, and cestodes infect over 400 million people worldwide. It is
now recognized that schistosome infections, which account for approximately half of these …

Journal of Bacteriology and Parasitology Page 1 The Current Status of Schistosoma mansoni
Infection among School Children around Hizaty Wedicheber Microdam in Merebmieti, Ethiopia …

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects more than 240 million individuals
throughout the world. Praziquantel and oxamniquine are the only drugs available for the …

埃及血吸虫病是人体主要血吸虫病之一, 流行于非洲及地中海地区, 可导致泌尿生殖系疾病.
虽中国大陆仅流行日本血吸虫病, 但随着我国经济发展和对外交流的不断深入 …

Artemether, a derivative of artemisinin, is effectively used for the treatment of malaria without
any clinically relevant resistance to date. Artemether has also been developed as an …