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 …

Schistosomiasis, a highly prevalent parasitic disease, affects more than 200 million people
worldwide. Current diagnostics based on parasite egg detection in stool detect infection only …

The unique multilaminate appearance of the tegument surface of schistosomes was first
described in 1973, in one of the earliest volumes of the International Journal for …

Schistosomiasis, a challenging neglected tropical disease, affects millions of people
worldwide. Developing a prophylactic vaccine against Schistosoma mansoni has been …

The rhesus macaque provides a unique model of acquired immunity against schistosomes,
which afflict> 200 million people worldwide. By monitoring bloodstream levels of parasite …

After many decades of research, a schistosome vaccine still looks to be a distant prospect.
These helminths can live in the human bloodstream for years, even decades, surrounded by …

The self-cure of rhesus macaques from a schistosome infection and their subsequent strong
immunity to a cercarial challenge should provide novel insights into the way these parasites …

The scientific community identified non stool-based biomarkers as the way forward to
support soil-transmitted helminth (STH; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the …

Introduction Schistosomes are long-lived blood dwelling helminth parasites using intricate
mechanisms to invade, mature, and reproduce inside their vertebrate hosts, whilst …