Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by helminth parasites of the genus
Schistosoma. Worldwide, an estimated 250 million people are infected with these parasites …

Background Schistosomiasis is a water-borne parasitic disease estimated to have infected>
140 million people globally in 2019, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Within the goal of …

Background Preventive chemotherapy is the current global control strategy for
schistosomiasis. The WHO target coverage rate is at least 75% for school-aged children. In …

Background The neglected zoonosis, schistosomiasis japonica, remains a major public
health problem in the Philippines. The current study aims to develop a novel gold …

In recent years, the prevalence and infection intensity of Schistosoma japonicum in endemic
areas of the Philippines have significantly decreased due to yearly population-based …

Intestinal helminths are extremely widespread and highly prevalent infections of humans,
particularly in rural and poor urban areas of low and middle-income countries. These …

Abstract In the Philippines, ten NTDs are prevalent, but only six namely LF, schistosomiasis,
STH, food-borne trematodiases, rabies and leprosy are considered to be of public health …

Objectives Schistosomiasis control is centred on preventive chemotherapy through mass
drug administration (MDA). However, endemic countries continue to struggle to attain target …

Snail control to complement mass drug administration is being promoted by the World
Health Organization for schistosomiasis control. Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi, the snail …

Schistosoma japonicum is endemic in the Philippines. The Kato-Katz (KK) method was used
to diagnose S. japonicum. This is impractical, particularly when the sample size is limited …