Schistosomiasis is a chronic and debilitating tropical parasitic disease caused by schistosomes (Schistosoma spp.), transmitted by freshwater snails. It is a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) of both ...

Schistosomiasis is officially classified as a "neglected tropical disease ... Assassin snails (Anentome helena), with their ...

In a quiet corner of the Museum’s basement, a genetic archive of parasite and snail samples is supporting ground-breaking research into schistosomiasis, a disease that affects over 250 million people ...

fail to control schistosomiasis due to rapid reinfection, prawns may offer a complementary strategy for controlling the disease," the study said. The prawns prey on parasite-infected snails ...

A clinical trial to determine the efficacy of a new drug to treat snail fever is currently ... Odiere noted that the problem with bilharzia is that it mimics other diseases with symptoms like ...