National Science Foundation of China(82073619);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2300800,2021YFC2300804);General Programs of Jiangsu Commission of Health(H202309);Schistosomiasis and Parasitic Diseases Project of Jiangsu Province(×202103)。
Background The control of schistosomiasis is particularly difficult in sub-Saharan Africa,which currently harbours 95%of this disease.The target population for preventive chemotherapy(PC)is expanded to all age group a...
Background Freshwater snails of the genera Bulinus spp.,Biomphalaria spp.,and Oncomelania spp.are the main intermediate hosts of human and animal schistosomiasis.Identification of these snails has long been based on m...
Schistosomiasis as a neglected disease is second to malaria in its adverse effect to public health and socioeconomics impact in the tropics and sub-tropical of the developing countries where 90% of 249 million people ...
the National Science and Technology Pillar Program(grant No.2009BAI78B07 and 2009BAI78B04);National S&T Major Program(grant No.2012ZX10004-220);Shanghai Science and Technology Committee(grant No.11XD1405400);Jjiangsu Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission(grant No.QNRC2016621 and H2018097);Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology(grant No.CSE31N1730);Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation.
Background:Control of snail intermediate hosts has been proved to be a fast and efficient approach for interrupting the transmission of schistosomiasis.Some plant extracts have shown obvious molluscicidal activity,and...
In Brazil,schistosomiasis occurrence is related to the presence of the etiological agent Schistosoma mansoni.The presence of mollusks for Biomphalaria genus is a necessary condition for development of the parasite cyc...
This work was supported by the National Research and Development Plan of China(No.2016YFC1200500).
Background:Biomphalaria straminea is an invasive vector in China,posing a significant threat to public health.Understanding the factors affecting the establishment of this snail is crucial to improve our ability to ma...
The writing of this review was made possible through the post-doctoral fellowship from the University of KwaZulu-Natal,College of Health Sciences that was awarded to Dr.Chester Kalinda。
Background:The speedy rate of change in the environmental and socio-economics factors may increase the incidence,prevalence and risk of schistosomiasis infections in Zambia.However,available information does not provi...
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC1202001);Research Fund for the Technical Reserves,National Institute of Parasitic Diseases,Chinese CDC(No.CB-1603);Mohamed R.Habib was supported by a Post-doctoral Programme from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases(Shanghai,China);Roberta L.Caldeira is supported by a fellowship from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnologico/CNPq(No.304121/2014–2).
Background:Schistosomiasis is a common parasitic disease designated as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization.Schistosomiasis mansoni is a form of the disease that is caused by the digenean trem...
PHLL and CLF are currently funded by PHLL’s European Research Council Starting Grant[680,088 SCHISTO_PERSIST];PHLL is also funded by a Wellcome Trust ISSF Grant[105,614/Z/14/Z];a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Leadership Fellowship;JPW’S current Schistosoma research is funded by a ZELS research grant(combined BBSRC,MRC,ESRC,NERC,DSTL&DFID:BB/L018985/1);a BBSRC Impact Accelerator Grant(BB/GCRF-IAA/19);a SCORE research grant(The University of Georgia Research Foundation,funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:RR374-053/4785426);During the experiment study PHLL was funded by a Medical Research Council PhD studentship and JPW was funded by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship.Funding for the laboratory facilities was given from the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative。
Background:Mass drug administration of praziquantel is the World Health Organization’s endorsed control strategy for schistosomiasis.A decade of annual treatments across sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in significant...
Jimma University and Dilla University,Ethiopia,have done financial supports for the study.
Background:Intestinal schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni is a wide spread disease in most parts of Ethiopian highlands.Snail control is one major strategy in schistosomiasis control.The use of molluscicidal...