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 …

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 …

Abstract Background Following World Health Assembly resolutions 50.36 in 1997 and 56.7
in 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) committed itself to supporting human African …

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 …

Dengue is a vector-borne disease that causes a substantial public health burden within its
expanding range. Several modelling studies have attempted to predict the future global …

Background Although chronic morbidity in humans from soil transmitted helminth (STH)
infections can be reduced by anthelmintic treatment, inconsistent diagnostic tools make it …

Background Interest is growing in predictive risk mapping for neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs), particularly to scale up preventive chemotherapy, surveillance, and elimination …

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 …

In Tanzania, the first cases of schistosomiasis were reported in the early 19th century. Since
then, various studies have reported prevalences of up to 100% in some areas. However, for …

The Kato-Katz technique is the most widely used diagnostic method in epidemiologic
surveys and drug efficacy trials pertaining to intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted …