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 ...

Known for its foundation of accessible research, San Antonio’s largest economic sector is also anchored by the largest military health complex in the country, three renowned nonprofit research ...

This review focuses on tools and strategies to diagnose, prevent, treat and control schistosomiasis.

During bleeding episodes patients with compensated schistosomiasis had minimal elevations of blood ammonia concentrations, with no sign of hepatic coma, and none died.

Researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, have called for greater awareness and intervention on the prevalence and impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs, in Nigeria.

But what shocked scientists the most came after treatment. The women were given praziquantel — the standard drug used to kill ...

Treatment of Schistosomiasis At present, treatment and morbidity control of schistosomiasis rest on a single drug, praziquantel. [57–59] Discovered in the mid-1970s, praziquantel is active ...

This new pediatric treatment for schistosomiasis, developed by the GHIT-funded Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium, is being introduced through the Consortium's ADOPT program, which focuses on ...