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 …

Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease that afflicts more than 240 million
people, including many children and young adults, in the tropics and subtropics. The …

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 …

Cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch) is a condition caused by infective larvae (cercariae) of a
species-rich group of mammalian and avian schistosomes. Over the last decade, it has been …

Despite extensive efforts over the last few decades, the global disease burden of
schistosomiasis still remains unacceptably high. This could partly be attributed to the lack of …

Schistosomiasis is a waterborne parasitic disease in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly
common in rural populations living in impoverished conditions. With the scale-up of …

Current population-based schistosomiasis treatment programs are a first step to reducing
the global burden of Schistosoma-related disease; however, they might not dramatically …

Background In Brazil, schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease of public health relevance,
mainly in poor areas where Schistosoma mansoni is the only human species encountered …

Background Schistosoma mekongi is a human blood fluke causing schistosomiasis that
threatens approximately 1.5 million humans in the world. Nonetheless, the limited available …

Background Human leishmaniasis is one of the major parasitic diseases with worldwide
distribution. Sri Lanka is a recently established focus of leishmaniasis caused by a variant …