Schistosomiasis is a major disease of public health importance in humans occurring in over
70 countries of the tropics and sub-tropics. In this chapter, the history of the control of …

Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease of public health importance to a billion
people. An estimated 200 million people are currently infected; an additional 779 million …

Ecological changes in the Senegal River Basin (SRB) resulting from the construction of a
barrage at Diama, Senegal on the Senegal River to prevent the intrusion of sea water into …

TLR4, the innate immunity receptor for bacterial endotoxins, plays a pivotal role in the
induction of inflammatory responses. There is a need to develop molecules that block either …

Schistosoma bovis is a ruminant pathogen that is poorly known at a molecular level. With an
aim of identifying the parasite proteins involved in host‐parasite interplay, we studied two …

We have previously reported on the cloning of the 14‐3‐3 protein of Schistosoma mansoni.
Here, we evaluate the potential use of this protein as a vaccine candidate against infection …

ABSTRACT A large subunit of calpain, a calcium-activated neutral proteinase, from
Schistosoma japonicum was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. When BALB/c mice …

Patas monkeys were twice immunized with a Schistosoma haematobium-derived
recombinant glutathione S-transferase (Sh28GST) then challenged with an homologous …

The astigmatid mite Sarcoptes scabiei is the causative agent of scabies, a highly infectious
parasitic disease of the skin. Although the mite causes marked hypersensitivity reactions …

Schistosomiasis, a snail-transmitted trematode infection affecting some 200 million people in
74 countries, continues to defy control efforts in vast stretches of endemic areas. Although …