National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2021YFC2300800,2021YFC2300804);National Science Foundation of China(Grant No.82073619)。
Schistosomiasis is one of the 20 neglected tropical diseases(NTDs)prioritized by World Health Organization(WHO).It is predominately distributed in subtropical and tropical areas of 78 countries and territories with ap...
Background:Hybrids between Schistosoma haematobium(Sh)and S.bovis(Sb)have been found in several African countries as well as in Europe.Since the consequences of this hybridization are still unknown,this study aims to ...
Background Schistosomiasis remains an important public health problem,also among adults,and infected individuals not treated serve as a reservoir for continued transmission.Despite this fact,evidence on the epidemiolo...
Background Researching a water-borne disease in the middle of the Sahara desert might not seem the most relevant concern.However,nomadic Sahelian pastoralists health concerns regarding their livestock and anecdotal re...
Background:Several studies have assessed the role of gut microbiota in various cirrhosis etiologies,however,none has done so in the context of Schistosoma joponicum infection in humans.We,therefore,sought to determine...
This study received financial support from Innosuisse(project 18553.2 PFLS-LS);from the University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc.,which is funded by the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation for the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation(SCORE)projects(prime award no.50816,sub-award no.RR374–053/4893206);SK received financial support by sub-award no.RR374–053/4893196 and via direct grants from the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation(Investment IDs:OPP1191423 and OPP1198086);FA received financial support from the Wellcome Trust(SCAN Project 104958/Z/14/Z).
Background:Efforts to control and eliminate schistosomiasis have accelerated over the past decade.As parasite burden,associated morbidity and egg excretion decrease,diagnosis with standard parasitological methods beco...
The World Health Organization,Western Pacific Region,International Development Research Centre,Phase 2 has funded our study,along with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Swiss National Science Foundation(project No.IZ07Z0-160930,R4D).
Background:The point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen(POC-CCA)test is increasingly used as a rapid diagnostic method for Schistosoma mansoni infection.The test has good sensitivity,although false positive results ...
The study is supported by Chinese National Science and Technology Major Program(grant no.2016ZX10004222-004);The funders played no role in the study design,data collection,and data analysis or interpretation。
Background:Snail intermediate hosts play active roles in the transmission of snail-borne trematode infections in Africa.A good knowledge of snail-borne diseases epidemiology particularly snail intermediate host popula...
This study was financially supported by the Swiss-based non-governmental organization FAIRMED(Bern,Switzerland).
Background:The construction and operation of small multipurpose dams in Africa have a history of altering the transmission of water-based diseases,including schistosomiasis.The current study was designed to investigat...