Evaluation of blood based real-time PCR testing in travellers returning from schistosomiasis endemic regions with suspected acute schistosomiasis in 11 specialized European centres in a ...

oxidative stress caused by parasite-derived molecules Schistosoma mansoni Schistosomiasis sub-Saharan Africa Adenocarcinoma, colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma Inflammation, oxidative stress ...

2014). Human schistosomiasis is caused by several species of Schistosoma parasites, the most predominant being Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma mansoni, and Schistosoma japonicum, each of which ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease affecting around 250 million people globally, ...

A: My research focuses on vaccine development and host-directed therapies to combat schistosomiasis, particularly Schistosoma mansoni (parasites leading to intestinal schistosomiasis). Our work has ...

Background: Infections caused by both Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium are endemic in Kenya, with over six million children at risk. A national school-based deworming programme was ...

The global community has adopted ambitious goals to eliminate schistosomiasis as a public health problem, and new tools are needed to achieve them. Mass drug administration programs, for example, have ...

Generalization of the results to all Schistosoma species may be difficult as in the study presented here only eggs of S. mansoni were detected by microscopy. A minimum amount of two millilitre of ...