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 …

Schistosomiasis, caused by human trematode blood flukes (schistosomes), remains one of
the most prevalent and serious of the neglected tropical parasitic diseases. Currently …

Background Schistosomiasis is a disease that significantly impacts human health in the
developing world. Effective diagnostics are urgently needed for improved control of this …

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trematode blood flukes of the genus
Schistosoma, affecting over 250 million people mainly in the tropics. Clinically, the disease …

Background The goal to eliminate the parasitic disease of poverty schistosomiasis as a
public health problem is aligned with the 2030 United Nations agenda for sustainable …

Using an appropriate diagnostic tool is essential to soil-transmitted helminth control and
elimination efforts. Kato-Katz (KK) is the most commonly used diagnostic, but recently other …

Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the
increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere, the second edition …

Background Schistosomiasis, an ancient and neglected tropical disease, which poses a
huge threat to over 200 million people globally. It is necessary to have a general summary of …

Background Schistosomiasis is a water-borne parasitic disease which affects over 230
million people globally. The relationship between contact with open freshwater bodies and …

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trematode worms of the genus
Schistosoma and affects over 200 million people worldwide. The control and treatment of …