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Potential associations between Schistosoma mansoni infection and physico-chemical characteristics and water-related human activities in Côte d’Ivoire: a cross-sectional study

Parasites & Vectors
Schistosomiasis remains a public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is intimately connected to poverty and...
3 hours ago

Clinical Care of Schistosomiasis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (.gov)
Treatment recommendations. Praziquantel is effective at treating infections with all major Schistosoma species. The timing of treatment is...
7 months ago

Public Health Policy Pillars for the Sustainable Elimination of Zoonotic Schistosomiasis

Frontiers
These pillars are: (1) human and animal epi-ecological understanding; (2) economic considerations (such as treatment costs and animal losses); and (3)...
5 months ago

Antimalarial artesunate–mefloquine versus praziquantel in African children with schistosomiasis: an open-label, randomized controlled trial

Nature
In conclusion, the combination artesunate–mefloquine at antimalarial dosage is safe and its efficacy against schistosomiasis is noninferior to...
9 months ago

A new pill cures preschoolers of a parasitic worm. Delivering it could be a challenge

NPR
When Dr. Isaac Chikwanha was a kid in Zimbabwe, he got schistosomiasis. At the time, he didn't think about the cause of this parasitic...
4 months ago

Modeling the female reproductive system using chips

Drug Discovery News
There is no vaccine against this parasitic worm infection, but rhesus macaques' unique immune system has brought the prospect of a vaccine...
3 weeks ago

Research and efforts to combat schistosomiasis earn geographer David López-Carr several high-profile awards

UC Santa Barbara
Geographer David López-Carr was part of an international team whose efforts led to the reduction of schistosomiasis in rural northeastern...
3 months ago

Schistosomiasis (bilharzia): an acute and chronic neglected tropical disease

World Health Organization (WHO)
Schistosomiasis is a disease of poverty that leads to chronic ill-health. Infection is acquired when people come into contact with fresh water infested with...
3 months ago

Forecasting climate’s impact on a debilitating disease

Stanford Report
In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to fight schistosomiasis, a widespread and...
2 months ago

Ag solution can boost Senegal’s economy while battling parasite

Cornell Chronicle
Cornell and global researchers are finding ways to control disease-carrying aquatic plants in Senegal by turning the flora into inexpensive...
2 months ago