Human schistosomiasis—or bilharzia—is a parasitic disease caused by trematode flukes of
the genus Schistosoma. By conservative estimates, at least 230 million people worldwide …

Schistosomiasis or bilharzia is a tropical disease caused by worms of the genus
Schistosoma. The transmission cycle requires contamination of surface water by excreta …

Schistosomiasis is a chronic and debilitating disease that also exacerbates poverty. The
disease is endemic in the tropics and subtropics, including China. 1, 2 Worldwide, almost …

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public-health importance of the disease and have expressed strong political commitment 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 …

Profound changes are occurring in the epidemiology of schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical
disease caused by a chronic infection with parasitic helminths of the genus Schistosoma …

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Schistosomes are a group of flatworms (flukes) that cause an enormous burden of morbidity
in tropical regions, such as anaemia, kidney failure, and bladder cancer. The earliest known …

Mapping and diagnosis of infections by the three major schistosome species (Schistosoma
haematobium, S. mansoni and S. japonicum) has been done with assays that are known to …

Summary In 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed the landmark WHA 54.19
resolution for global scale-up of mass administration of anthelmintic drugs for morbidity …