Schistosomiasis is a helminthiasis infecting approximately 250 million people worldwide. In
2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) 54.19 resolution defined a new global strategy for …

Schistosomiasis is a public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia,
the Caribbean and South America. It is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)-a …

Schistosomiasis is the second most devastating parasite prevalent in the tropical region of
the world, posing significant public health impacts in endemic areas. Presently, several …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is organismal DNA that can be detected in the environment and
is derived from cellular material of organisms shed into aquatic or terrestrial environments. It …

In November 2017, Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the key intermediate host for Schistosoma
mansoni in Africa, was first reported in Lake Malawi, Mangochi District. Two subsequent …

Several methodological issues currently hamper the study of entire trematode communities
within populations of their intermediate snail hosts. Here we develop a new workflow using …

The global community has adopted ambitious goals to eliminate schistosomiasis as a public
health problem, and new tools are needed to achieve them. Mass drug administration …

Although most studies of digenetic trematodes of the family Schistosomatidae dwell on
representatives causing human schistosomiasis, the majority of the 130 identified species of …

Abstract In a One-Health context, it is urgent to establish the links between environmental
degradation, biodiversity loss, and the circulation of pathogens. Here we review and literally …

Specific and sensitive detection of nucleic acids is essential to clinical diagnostics and
biotechnological applications. Currently, amplification steps are necessary for most …