Helminths are parasitic worms. They are the most common infectious agents of humans in
developing countries and produce a global burden of disease that exceeds better-known …

Helminths are masterful immunoregulators. A characteristic feature of helminth infection is a
Th2-dominated immune response, but stimulation of immunoregulatory cell populations …

Schistosoma mansoni is responsible for the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis that
affects 210 million people in 76 countries. Here we present analysis of the 363 megabase …

A disproportionate burden of helminthiases in human populations occurs in marginalised,
low-income, and resource-constrained regions of the world, with over 1 billion people in …

Schistosomiasis, caused by trematode blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, is recognized
as the most important human helminth infection in terms of morbidity and mortality. Infection …

Schistosomes are blood-dwelling flukes that infect 200 million people worldwide and are
responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. Using a signal sequence trap, we …

Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is the most versatile mechanism of DNA repair,
recognizing and dealing with a variety of helix-distorting lesions, such as the UV-induced …

The new WHO Roadmap for Neglected Tropical Diseases targets the global elimination of
schistosomiasis as a public health problem. To date, control strategies have focused on …

The Millennium Development Goals adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 are the
world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 …

The last half-century of schistosomiasis control activities in China have brought down the
overall prevalence of human infection with Schistosoma japonicum to less than 10% of the …