Researchers in Kampala and Glasgow identified key factors driving persistant S. mansoni infections in hotspot communities on the banks of Lake… Read more »
Using geostatistical models researchers evaluated the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of different survey designs in identifying areas needing mass… Read more »
Malawi is endemic for urogenital schistosomiasis, however reports of intestinal schistosomiasis have pointed to the emergence of… Read more »
This year, the British Society for Parasitology Autumn Symposium was hosted by Queens University Belfast (QUB) in Northern… Read more »
Do schistosomes manipulate snails? A recent study looks at the altered phototropic behaviour of infected snails and how this may… Read more »
Potential zoonotic schistosomiasis transmission could have a large impact on the control of schistosomiasis. In 2014 there was an… Read more »
Roestenberg and colleagues at Leiden University Medical Center are undertaking a controversial yet highly interesting study;… Read more »
In the control of parasitic diseases, the correct diagnostic tool at the right time will accurately assess the burden of disease,… Read more »
For those in the northern hemisphere, summer holidays are upon us and with them comes the pleasure of taking part in fresh water… Read more »
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