Schistosomiasis (SCH) and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) are among the world’s most persistent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) — a group of conditions that disproportionately affect the world ...

Anyone who grew up in any rural village in Rwanda is familiar with intestinal worms. During my training as a medical doctor, I learned intestinal worms, also called soil-transmitted helminths, are one ...

Mr Michael Kyakashari, attributed the disease’s persistence to poor sanitation practices among lakeside communities ...

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The ectopic forms of schistosomiasis are those in which the parasitic elements - eggs or adult worms - are located outside the portal system, the natural habitat of the helminth 10. Rarely, ...

Schistosomiasis is predominantly a disease acquired in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and transmitted to humans by skin contact with freshwater populated by cercariae-infected snails. [72 ...

Bilharzia or schistosomiasis is one of the most fatal and factitious disease happens through pollute which become a significant reason of deaths in the world. Prediction and factors identification ...

For the last two decades, ultrasound (US) has been considered a surrogate for the gold standard in the evaluation of liver fibrosis in schistosomiasis. The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is ...

Praziquantel 40 mg/kg is the most studied drug for treating urinary schistosomiasis, and has the strongest evidence base. Potential strategies to improve future treatments for schistosomiasis include ...

Neglected tropical diseases, especially those caused by helminths, constitute some of the most common infections of the world's poorest people. Amongst these, schistosomiasis (bilharzia or `snail ...