Schistosomiasis: A public health problem in need of a One Health reframing
When assessing the worldwide impact of parasitic diseases, schistosomiasis is second only to malaria. In fact, in 2021, large-scale (preventive)… Read more »
When assessing the worldwide impact of parasitic diseases, schistosomiasis is second only to malaria. In fact, in 2021, large-scale (preventive)… Read more »
A groundbreaking approach, the ATRAP project - Action Towards Reducing Aquatic snail-borne Parasitic diseases - uses a Citizen Science approach to… Read more »
The development of novel, broad-spectrum antihelmintics is a major priority for ensuring the future of effective chemotheraptuic… Read more »
Development of a duplex tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (T-ARMS-PCR) assay enables… Read more »
The Uganda Schistosomiasis Multidisciplinary Research Centre (U-SMRC) hosted the first Uganda Schistosomiasis Symposium in… Read more »
A study led by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health reviews possible mechanisms for schistosomiasis persistence and… Read more »
Using two individual-based stochastic models, developed independently by the Imperial College London (ICL) and University of… Read more »
Schistosomiasis is a serious threat to human sexual and reproductive health, as highlighted in this blog by Dingase Kumwneda, a… Read more »
In this study, we use mixed methods to understand water contact and the related risk of acquiring schistosomiasis among… Read more »
A recent study in Senegal looks at the financial impact of livestock schistosomiasis, highlighting that loss of earnings and… Read more »