Liver fluke infection caused by Opisthorchis viverrini is a major public health problem in
Thailand and adjacent countries. In addition to infection-associated morbidity, infection with …

The food-borne trematodiases are an important group of neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs). Over 40 million people are infected with food-borne trematodes and 750 million (> …

Recognising the burden helminth infections impose on human populations, and particularly
the poor, major intervention programmes have been launched to control onchocerciasis …

We briefly review cysteine proteases (orthologs of mammalian cathepsins B, L, F, and C)
that are expressed in flatworm and nematode parasites. Emphasis is placed on enzyme …

Schistosomes are parasitic flatworms that infect> 200 million people worldwide, causing the
chronic, debilitating disease schistosomiasis. Unusual among parasitic helminths, the long …

Cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch) is a common non-communicable water-borne disease.
It is caused by penetration of the skin by larvae (cercariae) of schistosomatid flukes and …

The phylogenetic relationships within Neodermata were examined based on putative
orthologous groups of proteins (OGPs) from 11 species of Monogenea, Trematoda, and …

An emerging framework in animal disease ecology seeks to 'decompose'a host's response
to disease into resistance, or its ability to resist infection following exposure, and tolerance …

Fasciola gigantica (Digenea) is an important foodborne trematode that causes liver fluke
disease (fascioliasis) in mammals, including ungulates and humans, mainly in tropical …

Whilst the schistosome tegument has been intensively studied there is little information
about processes in the gut, the other major interface with the bloodstream, apart from the …